Etymology

touiza

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Today it means: A form of voluntary collective labor in North Africa. Full definition →

Arabic تويزة ← Kabyle tiwizi
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The story

  1. Kabyle · derived from[script needed]“to help”
  2. Kabyle · derived fromtiwizi
  3. Arabic · borrowed fromتويزة
  4. English todaytouiza

From Arabic تويزة, from Kabyle tiwizi, from Kabyle [script needed] (variously given as iwiss or aws, “to help”), or from equivalent terms in other Berber languages.

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