touiza

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Etymology

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From Arabic تويزة, from Kabyle tiwizi, from Kabyle [Term?] (variously given as iwiss or aws, to help), or from equivalent terms in other Berber languages.[1]

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Noun

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touiza (uncountable)

  1. (ethnography) A form of voluntary collective labor in North Africa.

References

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  1. ^ Cécile Perret (2014) “Viable territorial development in Kabylia: A social capital approach”, in Notes de Recherche[1]:Tiwizi is an Amazigh (Berber) feminine word which comes from the verb iwiss (to help).