# ⵎⵎⵜ
## Central Atlas Tamazight
### Etymology

From Proto-Berber *i-mmut, from Proto-Afroasiatic *mawVt- (“to die, to kill”). Cognate with Tuareg ămmăt, Proto-Semitic *mawut-, Egyptian mwt and Hausa mutù.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /mmt/
** (Ayt Ndhir) IPA: [mːəθ]

### Verb

ⵎⵎⵜ • (mmt)
* to die

#### Conjugation

| Perfective | | Singular | Singular | Plural | Plural |
| Perfective | | Masculine | Feminine | Masculine | Feminine |
| Perfective | 1 | ⵎⵎⵓⵜⴻⵖ (mmuteɣ) | ⵎⵎⵓⵜⴻⵖ (mmuteɣ) | ⵏⴻⵎⵎⵓⵜ (nemmut) | ⵏⴻⵎⵎⵓⵜ (nemmut) |
| Perfective | 2 | ⵜⴻⵎⵎⵓⵜⴻⴷ (temmuted) | ⵜⴻⵎⵎⵓⵜⴻⴷ (temmuted) | ⵜⴻⵎⵎⵓⵜⴻⵎ (temmutem) | ⵜⴻⵎⵎⵓⵜⴻⵎⵜ (temmutemt) |
| Perfective | 3 | ⵉⵎⵎⵓⵜ (immut) | ⵜⴻⵎⵎⵓⵜ (temmut) | ⵎⵎⵓⵜⴻⵏ (mmuten) | ⵎⵎⵓⵜⴻⵏⵜ (mmutent) |
| Negative perfective | | Singular | Singular | Plural | Plural |
| Negative perfective | | Masculine | Feminine | Masculine | Feminine |
| Negative perfective | 1 | ⵎⵎⵓⵜⴻⵖ (mmuteɣ) | ⵎⵎⵓⵜⴻⵖ (mmuteɣ) | ⵏⴻⵎⵎⵓⵜ (nemmut) | ⵏⴻⵎⵎⵓⵜ (nemmut) |
| Negative perfective | 2 | ⵜⴻⵎⵎⵓⵜⴻⴷ (temmuted) | ⵜⴻⵎⵎⵓⵜⴻⴷ (temmuted) | ⵜⴻⵎⵎⵓⵜⴻⵎ (temmutem) | ⵜⴻⵎⵎⵓⵜⴻⵎⵜ (temmutemt) |
| Negative perfective | 3 | ⵉⵎⵎⵓⵜ (immut) | ⵜⴻⵎⵎⵓⵜ (temmut) | ⵎⵎⵓⵜⴻⵏ (mmuten) | ⵎⵎⵓⵜⴻⵏⵜ (mmutent) |
| Intensive aorist | | Singular | Singular | Plural | Plural |
| Intensive aorist | | Masculine | Feminine | Masculine | Feminine |
| Intensive aorist | 1 | ⵜⵜⵎⴻⵜⵜⴰⵜⴻⵖ (ttmettateɣ) | ⵜⵜⵎⴻⵜⵜⴰⵜⴻⵖ (ttmettateɣ) | ⵏⴻⵜⵜⵎⴻⵜⵜⴰⵜ (nettmettat) | ⵏⴻⵜⵜⵎⴻⵜⵜⴰⵜ (nettmettat) |
| Intensive aorist | 2 | ⵜⴻⵜⵜⵎⴻⵜⵜⴰⵜⴻⴷ (tettmettated) | ⵜⴻⵜⵜⵎⴻⵜⵜⴰⵜⴻⴷ (tettmettated) | ⵜⴻⵜⵜⵎⴻⵜⵜⴰⵜⴻⵎ (tettmettatem) | ⵜⴻⵜⵜⵎⴻⵜⵜⴰⵜⴻⵎⵜ (tettmettatemt) |
| Intensive aorist | 3 | ⵉⵜⵜⵎⴻⵜⵜⴰⵜ (ittmettat) | ⵜⵜⵎⴻⵜⵜⴰⵜⵓⵜ (ttmettatut) | ⵜⵜⵎⴻⵜⵜⴰⵜⴻⵏ (ttmettaten) | ⵜⵜⵎⴻⵜⵜⴰⵜⴻⵏⵜ (ttmettatent) |
| Imperfective | | Singular | Singular | Plural | Plural |
| Imperfective | | Masculine | Feminine | Masculine | Feminine |
| Imperfective | 1 | ⵎⵎⵜⴻⵖ (mmteɣ) | ⵎⵎⵜⴻⵖ (mmteɣ) | ⵏⴻⵎⵎⴻⵜ (nemmet) | ⵏⴻⵎⵎⴻⵜ (nemmet) |
| Imperfective | 2 | ⵜⴻⵎⵎⵜⴻⴷ (temmted) | ⵜⴻⵎⵎⵜⴻⴷ (temmted) | ⵜⴻⵎⵎⵜⴻⵎ (temmtem) | ⵜⴻⵎⵎⵜⴻⵎⵜ (temmtemt) |
| Imperfective | 3 | ⵉⵎⵎⴻⵜ (immet) | ⵜⴻⵎⵎⴻⵜ (temmet) | ⵎⵎⵜⴻⵏ (mmten) | ⵎⵎⵜⴻⵏⵜ (mmtent) |
| Imperative | Imperative | Singular | Singular | Plural | Plural |
| Imperative | Imperative | Masculine | Feminine | Masculine | Feminine |
| Imperative | Imperative | ⵎⵎⴻⵜ (mmet) | ⵎⵎⴻⵜ (mmet) | ⵎⵎⵜⴻⵜ (mmtet) | ⵎⵎⵜⴻⵎⵜ (mmtemt) |
| Intensive imperative | Intensive imperative | Singular | Singular | Plural | Plural |
| Intensive imperative | Intensive imperative | Masculine | Feminine | Masculine | Feminine |
| Intensive imperative | Intensive imperative | ⵜⵜⵎⴻⵜⵜⴰⵜ (ttmettat) | ⵜⵜⵎⴻⵜⵜⴰⵜ (ttmettat) | ⵜⵜⵎⴻⵜⵜⴰⵜⴻⵜ (ttmettatet) | ⵜⵜⵎⴻⵜⵜⴰⵜⴻⵎⵜ (ttmettatemt) |
| Negative intensive imperative | Negative intensive imperative | Singular | Singular | Plural | Plural |
| Negative intensive imperative | Negative intensive imperative | Masculine | Feminine | Masculine | Feminine |
| Negative intensive imperative | Negative intensive imperative | ⵜⵜⵎⴻⵜⵜⴰⵜ (ttmettat) | ⵜⵜⵎⴻⵜⵜⴰⵜ (ttmettat) | ⵜⵜⵎⴻⵜⵜⴰⵜⴻⵜ (ttmettatet) | ⵜⵜⵎⴻⵜⵜⴰⵜⴻⵎⵜ (ttmettatemt) |
| Perfective participle | Perfective participle | Singular | Singular | Plural | Plural |
| Perfective participle | Perfective participle | ⵉⵎⵎⵓⵜⴻⵏ (immuten) | ⵉⵎⵎⵓⵜⴻⵏ (immuten) | ⵎⵎⵓⵜⵏⵉⵏ (mmutnin) | ⵎⵎⵓⵜⵏⵉⵏ (mmutnin) |

### References

* Penchoen, Thomas G. (1973) Tamazight of the Ayt Ndhir (Afroasiatic dialects; 1)‎, Los Angeles: Undena Publications, →ISBN, page 103