t-a-báykor-t

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• 85 Morphology cognate with the feminine marker: t-a-báykor-t ‘bitch’; its logical masculine counterpart (well-attested in Tamasheq)*a-báykor is not used in Tadaksahak. A number of animals are only used in forms with the feminine marker (illustrated under (a) below). Other words for female animals, however, have no marker because they are of Songhay origin. Interestingly, these nouns are suppleted by Tamasheq masculine nouns. The nouns under (b) give the name of the male anima …

  Christiansen-Bolli (2010), A Grammar of Tadaksahak, a Northern Songhay Language of Mali, p. 103

• 104 singular plural t-ǝ-dúukal gloss underside of hoof t-a-ɣádit-t t-ǝ-ɣǝdad female kid t-á-ddabi-t t-ǝ-ddǝba night (kind of) t-a-mázdoq-q t-ǝ-mǝzdaɣ homestead t-a-báykor-t t-ǝ-bíykar bitch t-a-bálaw-t t-ǝ-báll-an snail shell t-a-dícaw-t t-ǝ-dícc-an tent pole (kind of) t-á-draw-t t-ǝ-dr-an skin fold t-a-móɣsay-t t-ǝ-móɣs-en carcass t-a-róday-t t-ǝ-ród-en fruit, sp. t-á-ẓay-t t-á-ẓẓ-en shrub, sp. t-a-déekǝlt e) f) 3.2.3.3.1 Some special plurals There are many nouns that do not …

  Christiansen-Bolli (2010), A Grammar of Tadaksahak, a Northern Songhay Language of Mali, p. 122