róogo

Noun n.

Translations

Français: Ignames
English: yams
العربية: بطاطا حلوة (جمع)

Source : Christiansen-Bolli (2010), p. 24 — French and Arabic meanings translated from English, to be checked by the community

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Reference

Hamadine AG MOCTAR (n.d.). róogo (yams). Tadaksahak–French–English–Arabic dictionary. https://hamadine-services.net/en/dictionnaire/1302-roogo (accessed 2026-10-18)

BibTeX

@misc{moctarroogo,
  author = {Hamadine AG MOCTAR},
  title = {{róogo (yams)}},
  howpublished = {Tadaksahak–French–English–Arabic dictionary},
  url = {https://hamadine-services.net/en/dictionnaire/1302-roogo},
  urldate = {2026-10-18}
}

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… h, fúrno ‘brazier’(< ‘fourneau’) and bússol ‘compass’ (< ‘boussole’). The combination /o/ /o/ is only attested in borrowings from sedentary Mainstream Songhay: róogo ‘yams’, a food not traditionally planted by the nomads, sóoro ‘storey’ (unknown for tents), also góoro ‘cola nut’ is not part of the nomadic culture.

Christiansen-Bolli (2010), A Grammar of Tadaksahak, a Northern Songhay Language of Mali, p. 42

róogo

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