kǝsán

Other spellings : kkǝssan

Verb v.

Translations

Français: Refuser
English: to refuse
العربية: يرفض

Source : Christiansen-Bolli (2010), p. 64 ; p. 163 — French and Arabic meanings translated from English, to be checked by the community

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Reference

Hamadine AG MOCTAR (n.d.). kǝsán (to refuse). Tadaksahak–French–English–Arabic dictionary. https://hamadine-services.net/en/dictionnaire/1380-kesan (accessed 2026-10-18)

BibTeX

@misc{moctarksan,
  author = {Hamadine AG MOCTAR},
  title = {{kǝsán (to refuse)}},
  howpublished = {Tadaksahak–French–English–Arabic dictionary},
  url = {https://hamadine-services.net/en/dictionnaire/1380-kesan},
  urldate = {2026-10-18}
}

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… . a to bear a grudge grudge against each other kúʃit nǝ-mú-kuʃit to inherit to inherit from each other ʃǝgn-ǝt nǝ-mǝ-ʃǝgn-ǝt to reproach to reproach each other kǝsán nǝ-mmǝ-ksan to refuse to refuse to (hold) together zǝray nǝ-mmǝ-zri to pass after sb. to miss each other to pick up together to spot each other

Christiansen-Bolli (2010), A Grammar of Tadaksahak, a Northern Songhay Language of Mali, p. 82
… yílǝm yíqbul yíttǝl yíkkǝl yiwáɣ t-ǝbǝt t-ǝlǝm t-ǝqbul t-ǝttǝl t-ǝkkǝl t-úwaɣ be snatched be opened be accepted be wound around be elevated be blocked b) ḍǝṇay kǝsán tǝ-ḍṇi tǝ-ksan be filled be refused c) yílka túw-ǝlka be disdained d) ʃ-úḍuf t-ǝḍǝf be withheld Songhay roots undergo suppletion when used in the passive form. Both kinds of prefixes are attested. The list below gives examples for the t(ǝ)- prefix under (a) and under (b) are the forms with tuw--. (29) Passive for …

Christiansen-Bolli (2010), A Grammar of Tadaksahak, a Northern Songhay Language of Mali, p. 84

kǝsán

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