Local Drinks

1. ⴰⵜⴰⵢ

   Atay

   Tea

   Usage

   The standard drink for welcoming guests; in Morocco it is usually green tea with mint and sugar, poured into glasses from a height.

   Grammar Note

   A dictionary headword also attested in the corpus. The dictionary lists tea plant, tea, and an infusion of tea leaves.

2. ⵏⵏⵄⵏⴰⵄ

   Nnɛnaɛ

   Mint

   Usage

   Fresh mint, the herb that goes into Moroccan tea.

   Grammar Note

   A dictionary headword with little or no corpus usage. Most zgh.wikipedia hits are in a place name (ⵡⴰⴷ ⵏⵏⵄⵏⴰⵄ), so ordinary use is thinly attested.

3. ⵍⵇⵀⵡⴰ

   Lqhwa

   Coffee

   Usage

   Coffee; the same word also means a café.

   Grammar Note

   A dictionary headword also attested in the corpus. An Arabic-origin word (qahwa). The dictionary variant ⵜⴰⵇⵀⵡⴰⵜ has no usage evidence and is not used.

4. ⴰⴽⵯⴼⴰⵢ

   Akʷfay

   Milk

   Usage

   Milk from an animal such as a cow.

   Grammar Note

   A dictionary headword also attested in the corpus.

5. ⴰⵖⵉ

   Aɣi

   Buttermilk (whey)

   Usage

   The sour liquid left after churning butter, drunk cold.

   Grammar Note

   A dictionary headword also attested in the corpus. The dictionary defines it as petit-lait. Related forms ⴰⵖⵖⵓ and ⴰⵖⵓ are listed, but since ⴰⵖⵖⵓ also means plain milk, ⴰⵖⵉ is used here.

6. ⴰⴽⵔⵓ

   Akru

   Curdled milk

   Usage

   Milk that has curdled or fermented into a thick form.

   Grammar Note

   A dictionary headword with little or no corpus usage.

7. ⴰⵎⴰⵏ

   Aman

   Water

   Usage

   Water; use this word to ask for drinking water.

   Grammar Note

   A dictionary headword also attested in the corpus. In the collocation ⴳ ⴰⵎⴰⵏ the dictionary gives "to urinate", but ⴰⵎⴰⵏ on its own is simply water.

8. ⵉⵥⵎⵎⵉ

   Iẓmmi

   Juice

   Usage

   Fruit juice, for asking for freshly squeezed orange juice and the like.

   Grammar Note

   A dictionary headword with little or no corpus usage.

9. ⵜⴰⵎⵙⵙⵓⵢⵜ

   Tamssuyt

   Drink (beverage)

   Usage

   A general word for a drink.

   Grammar Note

   A dictionary headword also attested in the corpus. The related form ⵜⵉⵙⵙⵉ also means a drink.

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