• iɣs, iɣss

Inherited from Medieval Tashelhit ايغسّ (iɣess, “bone”), from Proto-Berber *e-ɣăst (“bone”), from earlier *ā-ḳăst, ultimately from Proto-Afroasiatic *ḳas- (“bone”)^[1].

Cognate with Zenaga iʔSi (“bone”), Awjila aɣàst (“bone”), Guanche chaso (“bone”), Proto-Chadic *ḳas- (“bone”), and Egyptian qs (“bone”).

• IPA^(key): /iχsː/

ixss m (plural ixsan, Tifinagh spelling ⵉⵅⵙⵙ, Arabic spelling ايخسّ)

1. bone

   ملا يتّقُبال ربّي الدُعاء ن ييضان، س اسن د يڭا انژار س يخسان.

   mla ittqʷbal ṛbbi dduɛa n yiḍan, s asn d iga anẓar s ixsan.

   If God accepted the dogs' prayer, he would send them a shower of bones.

2. human body (plural only)

   Synonym: tiɣssa

   رمين يخسان ينو. ― ṛmin ixsan inu. ― my body is tired.

• Stroomer, Harry (2025), Dictionnaire berbère tachelḥiyt-français — Tome 2 f—l (Handbook of Oriental Studies – Handbuch der Orientalistik; 188/2) (in French), Leiden, The Netherlands: Brill, →DOI, →ISBN, page 1171b