English Explanatory Dictionary

touiza

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A form of voluntary collective labor in North Africa.

Word forms

touiza tweeza tiwiza tiwizi twiza tawiza

Etymology

From Arabic تويزة, from Kabyle tiwizi, from Kabyle [script needed] (variously given as iwiss or aws, “to help”), or from equivalent terms in other Berber languages.

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