Hóoɣay

Verb vi.

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Français: Passer la journée
English: To spend the day
العربية: يقضي اليوم

Source : the site’s first dictionary (One-argument verbs)

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Hamadine AG MOCTAR (n.d.). Hóoɣay (To spend the day). Tadaksahak–French–English–Arabic dictionary. https://hamadine-services.net/en/dictionnaire/145-hooghay (accessed 2026-10-18)

BibTeX

@misc{moctarhooay,
  author = {Hamadine AG MOCTAR},
  title = {{Hóoɣay (To spend the day)}},
  howpublished = {Tadaksahak–French–English–Arabic dictionary},
  url = {https://hamadine-services.net/en/dictionnaire/145-hooghay},
  urldate = {2026-10-18}
}

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… , it can be used both in locative and in directional contexts. Expressions like ‘to descend down on’, ‘jump down on’, ‘be on’ use this postposition. (125) a) a₌hóoɣay 3s₌spend.day [áa₌be]. 3s₌on he spent the day there (at the well).

Christiansen-Bolli (2010), A Grammar of Tadaksahak, a Northern Songhay Language of Mali, p. 142
… zed. (208) a) ay₌n biid-én 3s₌GEN bone-PL ne here [k(a) i₌ddumb(ú) áŋga]. LOC 3p₌cut 3s.EMP its bones were there where they had killed it. b) ...har né [k(a) i₌hóoɣay]. until here LOC 3p₌spend.day ...until there where they spent the day. c) né [k(a) ary-én here LOC water-PL i₌kkáy] 3p₌stop waʃ-én dirt-PL there where the water stops (running) is dirt. i₌báara 3p₌be For other uses of né ‘here’ see (4.4.2.1). Pronominall human referents 4.5.3 Pronomina In the relativization of p …

Christiansen-Bolli (2010), A Grammar of Tadaksahak, a Northern Songhay Language of Mali, p. 252

Hóoɣay

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