ée-jaf

Noun n.

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Français: Dune
English: dune
العربية: كثيب

Source : Christiansen-Bolli (2010), p. 82 — French and Arabic meanings translated from English, to be checked by the community

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Hamadine AG MOCTAR (n.d.). ée-jaf (dune). Tadaksahak–French–English–Arabic dictionary. https://hamadine-services.net/en/dictionnaire/1428-ee-jaf (accessed 2026-10-18)

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@misc{moctareejaf,
  author = {Hamadine AG MOCTAR},
  title = {{ée-jaf (dune)}},
  howpublished = {Tadaksahak–French–English–Arabic dictionary},
  url = {https://hamadine-services.net/en/dictionnaire/1428-ee-jaf},
  urldate = {2026-10-18}
}

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… and feminine. Masculine gender has no formal expression, feminine gender is marked by means of the prefix t- and (in most singular nouns), the suffix -t, e.g. ée-jaf / t-ée-jaf-t ‘dune / small dune’. In those nouns which allow for a gender opposition, the feminine marks some other meanings besides the natural gender of animals and humans. It can mark the diminutive, and it serves for some categories as a nominalizer. The marker comes from Tamasheq where it is very productive …

Christiansen-Bolli (2010), A Grammar of Tadaksahak, a Northern Songhay Language of Mali, p. 100
… ẓ-an vulture, sp. áa-fiṛ í-faṛṛ-aṇ extend áa-jit í-jatt-an plate of salt áa-dǝf í-daff-an bone (kind of) ée-ɣar í-ɣarr-an cooking pot ée-ẓaṛ í-ẓaṛṛ-an shoulder ée-jaf í-jaff-an dune áa-har

Christiansen-Bolli (2010), A Grammar of Tadaksahak, a Northern Songhay Language of Mali, p. 117

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