this one of the examples where we find only a plural form of a word in tamazight, whiles
there also exists a singular form in a other amazigh language in tamazgha
one of the other examples is: awell- eye/oeil & allen- eyes/yeux
in libya both are usedbut in other parts of tamazgha only the plural form for eyes-allen
in the case of the singular COW/VACHE i found it in Tamasheq of Nord-East Burkina Faso
VACHE: Tafunast (pl.tifunasin/tisitan), takenturt
source|Emile Laoust, "Cours de berbère marocain, dialectes du Sous, du Haut et de l'Anti-Atlas" (1936)
tas - pl. sitan :vache/cow ** vaches/cows
source|David Sudlow, The Tamasheq of Nord-East Burkina Faso
there also exists a singular form in a other amazigh language in tamazgha
one of the other examples is: awell- eye/oeil & allen- eyes/yeux
in libya both are usedbut in other parts of tamazgha only the plural form for eyes-allen
in the case of the singular COW/VACHE i found it in Tamasheq of Nord-East Burkina Faso
VACHE: Tafunast (pl.tifunasin/tisitan), takenturt
source|Emile Laoust, "Cours de berbère marocain, dialectes du Sous, du Haut et de l'Anti-Atlas" (1936)
tas - pl. sitan :vache/cow ** vaches/cows
source|David Sudlow, The Tamasheq of Nord-East Burkina Faso