tamosen

Guanche

Etymology

From Proto-Berber. See Central Atlas Tamazight ⵜⵉⵎⵥⵉⵏ (timẓin, “barley”), Kabyle timẓin (“barley”).

Noun

tamosen

(Fuerteventura, Lanzarote) barley
Synonyms: (Gran Canaria dialect) aramotanoque (“barley”), (Tenerife dialect) tano (“barley”)
- 1772, José de Viera y Clavijo, Noticias de la historia general de las Islas de Canaria, page 133:
  Tamosen. Cebada.
  Tamosen. Barley.

See also

yrichen (“wheat”)

References

Blench, Roger. "The peopling of the Canaries: new data and new hypotheses" (PDF).

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