Proto-Berber: *ăbbəḱ pf. *əbbắḱ impf. *əttăbbăḱ 'to pinch'

• Western/Kabyle
  • Kb. bbi 'to pinch, sting'
  • Tashl. bbi 'to bite, sting, cut'
  • CMB bbəy 'to cut, pluck'
• Zenatic
  
  • Rif bbi 'to pinch'
  • Fig. ppəy 'to pick up one after the other'
  • Mzab bbi 'to grab and take along, pick'
  • Ouar. bbi 'to take'
• Libyan
  • Ghd. ăbbək 'to pick up, one by one'
  • Nef. bbi 'to pick up, harvest'
  • Awj. əbbək 'to sting, plant vegetables'

Notes

Awjila and Ghadames occasionally have a k reflex for word-final y in other varities. While not entirely without its problems, Kossmann (1999: 186ff.) suggests that these verbs originally ended in *ḱ. This strikes me as a good suggestion.

References

Kossmann (1999: 187 {526})

NZ: BY6

• Western/Kabyle
  • Kb. bbi 'to pinch, sting'
  • Tashl. bbi 'to bite, sting, cut'
  • CMB bbəy 'to cut, pluck'
• Zenatic
  
  • Rif bbi 'to pinch'
  • Fig. ppəy 'to pick up one after the other'
  • Mzab bbi 'to grab and take along, pick'
  • Ouar. bbi 'to take'
• Libyan
  • Ghd. ăbbək 'to pick up, one by one'
  • Nef. bbi 'to pick up, harvest'
  • Awj. əbbək 'to sting, plant vegetables'

Notes

Awjila and Ghadames occasionally have a k reflex for word-final y in other varities. While not entirely without its problems, Kossmann (1999: 186ff.) suggests that these verbs originally ended in *ḱ. This strikes me as a good suggestion.

References

Kossmann (1999: 187 {526})

NZ: BY6