adákal

Noun n.

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Français: Élévation ; colline, élévation (nom verbal de yídkǝl ‘lift up’)
English: elevation; hill
العربية: مرتفع؛ تلة

Source : Christiansen-Bolli (2010), p. 28 ; p. 10, ex. 39 — French and Arabic meanings translated from English, to be checked by the community

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Hamadine AG MOCTAR (n.d.). adákal (elevation; hill). Tadaksahak–French–English–Arabic dictionary. https://hamadine-services.net/en/dictionnaire/1305-adakal (accessed 2026-10-18)

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@misc{moctaradakal,
  author = {Hamadine AG MOCTAR},
  title = {{adákal (elevation; hill)}},
  howpublished = {Tadaksahak–French–English–Arabic dictionary},
  url = {https://hamadine-services.net/en/dictionnaire/1305-adakal},
  urldate = {2026-10-18}
}

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… exemple est yéekat (< yed + -kat) "revenir ici". Le deuxième exemple est yíkkǝl (< yídkǝl) "soulever". Les consonnes d'origine se retrouvent dans le nom verbal adákal "élévation". Métathèse consonantique facultative Lorsqu'ils sont interrogés à ce sujet, les locuteurs affirment invariablement que les deux mots ont le même sens et que l'un ou l'autre peut être utilisé. Exemples de métathèse Mǝɣrǝs ~ mǝrɣǝs priver de (ne rien avoir dans qqch) Táɣrast ~ tárɣast sorte de pierre b …

Ag Abdoussalam (s. d.), Structure grammaticale d’un parler berbéro-songhay du nord-est malien (tadaksahak) : éléments de linguistique, p. 22
10 (39) yidkel ‘to pick up’ adakal ‘hill (elevation)’ yibrar ‘be ugly’ abrur ‘ugliness’ yifel ‘to flow (water)’ efal ‘running water’ yiḍaz ‘to be tired’ uḍuz ‘fatigue’ belel ‘to be rich’ abelel ‘riches’ dewet ‘to be joyful’ tadiwit ‘joy’ However, the Songhay roots have zero morphological marking (see example (32)). All the verbs listed in the appendix in the first column can also be used as nouns. (40) dida ‘to walk / the walking’ cena ‘to be small / smallness / younger sibli …

Christiansen & Christiansen (2002), Some verb morphology features of Tadaksahak, or: Berber or Songhay, this is the question, p. 10
… example is yéekat (< yed + -kat ) ‘to return here’. The second example is yíkkǝl (< yídkǝl ) ‘to lift up’. The original consonants are found in the verbal noun adákal ‘elevation’. 2.4.1.6 Optional consonant metathesis In a few words optional consonant metathesis has been observed. When asked about it, speakers would invariably claim that both words mean the same and either could be used. (30) Examples of metathesis mǝɣrǝs ~ mǝrɣǝs táɣrast ~ tárɣast záɣraf ~ zárɣaf irǝdɣan ~ i …

Christiansen-Bolli (2010), A Grammar of Tadaksahak, a Northern Songhay Language of Mali, p. 46

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