áyyaw

Noun n.

Translations

Français: Neveu
English: nephew
العربية: ابن الأخ

Source : Christiansen-Bolli (2010), p. 74 — French and Arabic meanings translated from English, to be checked by the community

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Reference

Hamadine AG MOCTAR (n.d.). áyyaw (nephew). Tadaksahak–French–English–Arabic dictionary. https://hamadine-services.net/en/dictionnaire/1421-ayyaw (accessed 2026-10-18)

BibTeX

@misc{moctarayyaw,
  author = {Hamadine AG MOCTAR},
  title = {{áyyaw (nephew)}},
  howpublished = {Tadaksahak–French–English–Arabic dictionary},
  url = {https://hamadine-services.net/en/dictionnaire/1421-ayyaw},
  urldate = {2026-10-18}
}

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… ys present. (44) a) aɣa-yyíkti-kat sa… 1s₌remember-VEN COMP I remember that… b) a₌yyíkti-kat aɣáy aɣ₌n 3s₌remember-VEN 1s.IO 1s₌GEN he reminds me of my nephew. áyyaw. nephew Non-directional verbs such as ‘see’, ‘sneeze’ or ‘find’ can also take the directional suffixes. From the analysis of narratives we find that this device is regularly used to indicate the center of attention or whom the narrator considers to be the main actor in the deed. The feature is also used to show p …

Christiansen-Bolli (2010), A Grammar of Tadaksahak, a Northern Songhay Language of Mali, p. 92

áyyaw

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