bitígi

Noun n.

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Français: Boutique
English: shop
العربية: دكان

Source : Christiansen-Bolli (2010), p. 31 ; p. 173 — French and Arabic meanings translated from English, to be checked by the community

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Hamadine AG MOCTAR (n.d.). bitígi (shop). Tadaksahak–French–English–Arabic dictionary. https://hamadine-services.net/en/dictionnaire/1309-bitigi (accessed 2026-10-18)

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@misc{moctarbitigi,
  author = {Hamadine AG MOCTAR},
  title = {{bitígi (shop)}},
  howpublished = {Tadaksahak–French–English–Arabic dictionary},
  url = {https://hamadine-services.net/en/dictionnaire/1309-bitigi},
  urldate = {2026-10-18}
}

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… rate this point. Adding the plural morpheme permits the realization of what could be considered an underlying long V: (37) Word final V-shortening V singular I bitígi E A U O ħáaʃi fǝṛḍǝḍḍé íizace tǝgna kǝrtǝba heebú bukturú kádago aróoko plural bitigíitan ħáaʃitan fǝṛḍǝḍḍéetan izácenan tǝgnáatin kǝrtǝbatan heebúutan bukturútan kadagóotan aróokotan gloss shop (< Fr ‘boutique’) bone (kind of) bat youth reproach trousers marketplace toad tree, sp. saddle (kind of) Note that in …

Christiansen-Bolli (2010), A Grammar of Tadaksahak, a Northern Songhay Language of Mali, p. 49
… an ~ fát-an manufactured recipient (< English pot ) fatílla fatílla-tan flashlight (KCH fitila < Arabic fatiila ‘wick’) aragó aragóo-tan radio (< French radio) bitígi bitigíi-tan shop (< French boutique) When speakers are not sure about a plural for a certain noun they often offer -tan, which seems to be the strategy that is allowed and understood even if it is not necessarily the ‘correct’ one. 3.2.3.1.3 Class 3: id- This class mostly consists of loans from Arabic. These nou …

Christiansen-Bolli (2010), A Grammar of Tadaksahak, a Northern Songhay Language of Mali, p. 110

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