Hawú

Noun n.

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Français: Vache, bovin
English: Cow, cattle
العربية: بقرة

Source : the site’s first dictionary (Animals)

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Hamadine AG MOCTAR (n.d.). Hawú (Cow, cattle). Tadaksahak–French–English–Arabic dictionary. https://hamadine-services.net/en/dictionnaire/130-hawu (accessed 2026-10-18)

BibTeX

@misc{moctarhawu,
  author = {Hamadine AG MOCTAR},
  title = {{Hawú (Cow, cattle)}},
  howpublished = {Tadaksahak–French–English–Arabic dictionary},
  url = {https://hamadine-services.net/en/dictionnaire/130-hawu},
  urldate = {2026-10-18}
}

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… sákaf-t cow without calf t-a-zabána-t ewe having given birth twice in one year b) a-zóolaɣ hinciní billy goat / (she-)goat á-krar feejí ram / sheep (ewe) a-ḍéṣ hawú bull / cow a-rgán yáw stallion / female camel The last term a-rgán ‘big, male camel’ is also found with the feminine affixes in order to designate a particularly tall female animal. Some informants allow the term ‘horse’ to take the feminine morpheme for the female animal: baarí ‘horse (male)’, t-a-báari-t ‘mare’. …

Christiansen-Bolli (2010), A Grammar of Tadaksahak, a Northern Songhay Language of Mali, p. 103
… me. The noun ‘jinn’ is of uncertain origin whereas ‘cow’ and ‘bowl’ have Songhay cognates. (73) Rare plural with -yen/-yan singular plural bǝkáw-yan gloss jinn hawú haw-yén cow tú tuw-yén large wooden bowl bǝkáw 3.2.3.1.2 Class 2: -tan Many vowel-final nouns take this suffix as well as nouns borrowed from languages other than Tamasheq or Arabic. Under (a) we illustrate vowel final stems of local origin. Many nouns ending in /o/ use this pattern. (b) gives some items of other …

Christiansen-Bolli (2010), A Grammar of Tadaksahak, a Northern Songhay Language of Mali, p. 109

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