A-yyár

Noun n.

Translations

Français: Mois, lune
English: Month; moon
العربية: شهر، قمر

Source : the site’s first dictionary (Swadesh list)

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Reference

Hamadine AG MOCTAR (n.d.). A-yyár (Month; moon). Tadaksahak–French–English–Arabic dictionary. https://hamadine-services.net/en/dictionnaire/13-a-yyar (accessed 2026-10-18)

BibTeX

@misc{moctarayyar,
  author = {Hamadine AG MOCTAR},
  title = {{A-yyár (Month; moon)}},
  howpublished = {Tadaksahak–French–English–Arabic dictionary},
  url = {https://hamadine-services.net/en/dictionnaire/13-a-yyar},
  urldate = {2026-10-18}
}

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… ‘child / children’. 2.2.3.7 Glides y and w Both are found in all environments and can be geminated. (11) Examples with /w/ and /y/ wa awíci Awwa áwrum waw yaw ayyár yaynáy caráy to heal bracelet personal name pit of jujube to curse female camel moon / month to be new friend 2.2.4 Consonant clusters 2.2.4.1 Word initial clusters The word initial cluster ‘nasal’ + ‘C’ that is allowed in Mainstream Songhay is not found in Tadaksahak. The Songhay word /nda/ ‘and / with’ is prono …

Christiansen-Bolli (2010), A Grammar of Tadaksahak, a Northern Songhay Language of Mali, p. 34
… In constructions with possessive markers, aɣo seems to be insensible to number as the following example shows (see also (c) below): (29) i-múṇas PL-camel aɣo [Áyyar wáni] i₌b-zarɣáf. DET POSS loc.name 3p₌IMPERF-be.spots the camels of the Air have large spots. 4.1.4.3 aɣo + n This combination is found in a type of compound like words e.g. ‘airplane’ and ‘feast’. Note that the constituent order is different from the regular genitival construction. Here the head precedes the mo …

Christiansen-Bolli (2010), A Grammar of Tadaksahak, a Northern Songhay Language of Mali, p. 175

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