mǝṭṭi

Verb v.

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Français: Changer
English: to change
العربية: يتغير، يغير

Source : Ag Abdoussalam (s. d.), p. 31 — English and Arabic meanings translated from French, to be checked by the community

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Hamadine AG MOCTAR (n.d.). mǝṭṭi (to change). Tadaksahak–French–English–Arabic dictionary. https://hamadine-services.net/en/dictionnaire/1187-metti (accessed 2026-10-18)

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@misc{moctarmtti,
  author = {Hamadine AG MOCTAR},
  title = {{mǝṭṭi (to change)}},
  howpublished = {Tadaksahak–French–English–Arabic dictionary},
  url = {https://hamadine-services.net/en/dictionnaire/1187-metti},
  urldate = {2026-10-18}
}

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… L'ajout d'un morphème initial V permet de réaliser ce C final. Final -i Tadak Avec suffixe Sens en Fr ʃí ʃiʃʃiyán être perdu / perdu háaṣi háaṣiyan regarder là mǝṭṭi mǝṭṭiyán change (qui change) yíɣli yiɣliyán retourner, contourner (là) La seule exception que nous avons dans nos données est le verbe keení 'dormir'. Dans son sens 'dormir loin de la maison' il est réalisé keenán (< keení+-an). Les verbes d'origine Songhay avec /u/ final laissent normalement tomber leur voyelle …

Ag Abdoussalam (s. d.), Structure grammaticale d’un parler berbéro-songhay du nord-est malien (tadaksahak) : éléments de linguistique, p. 31
… uits, sp. e a feejí ténada aɣéeɣǝr éesu sheep fever dried meat bull qaará n ahǝgǝg agóogis abútu pilgrimage braid (kind navel baarí danjé horse silence study ǝ mǝṭṭi bǝllen change wrestle of) kǝrtǝb a dǝbǝt sǝfoɣfoɣ agǝrǝfu be able to click kneeling trousers o u booʃí borén goorá zórbǝba góoro óoruf ashes people sit fruit, sp. cola nut acacia, sp. wulíiwu li áagud er túurag at wulǝtwulǝt fúrno gussú bend in the brazier/grill hole carry sth. eagle, permissi wind by two sp. on …

Christiansen-Bolli (2010), A Grammar of Tadaksahak, a Northern Songhay Language of Mali, p. 43
… not all, of these can be traced to Tamasheq roots with final /y/. Adding a V-initial morpheme allows this final C to be realized. (64) final -i Tadak ʃí háaṣi mǝṭṭi with suffix ʃiʃʃiyán háaṣiyan mǝṭṭiyán gloss be lost / lost to look there to change yíɣli yiɣliyán to turn around (there) etymology SonKS: ʃii ? TamW: măṭṭăy TamW: ǝɣlǝy The only exception we have in our data is the verb keení ‘to sleep’ (KCH: /kani/). In its meaning ‘to sleep away from home’ it is realized keená …

Christiansen-Bolli (2010), A Grammar of Tadaksahak, a Northern Songhay Language of Mali, p. 57

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