a-zóolaɣ

Noun n.

Translations

Français: Bouc
English: billy goat
العربية: تيس

Source : Christiansen-Bolli (2010), p. 85 ; p. 173 — French and Arabic meanings translated from English, to be checked by the community

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Hamadine AG MOCTAR (n.d.). a-zóolaɣ (billy goat). Tadaksahak–French–English–Arabic dictionary. https://hamadine-services.net/en/dictionnaire/1451-a-zoolagh (accessed 2026-10-18)

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@misc{moctarazoola,
  author = {Hamadine AG MOCTAR},
  title = {{a-zóolaɣ (billy goat)}},
  howpublished = {Tadaksahak–French–English–Arabic dictionary},
  url = {https://hamadine-services.net/en/dictionnaire/1451-a-zoolagh},
  urldate = {2026-10-18}
}

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… . (63) Terms for animals male a) female t-á-ɣamu-t gloss cow without calf t-a-sákaf-t cow without calf t-a-zabána-t ewe having given birth twice in one year b) a-zóolaɣ hinciní billy goat / (she-)goat á-krar feejí ram / sheep (ewe) a-ḍéṣ hawú bull / cow a-rgán yáw stallion / female camel The last term a-rgán ‘big, male camel’ is also found with the feminine affixes in order to designate a particularly tall female animal. Some informants allow the term ‘horse’ to take the femi …

Christiansen-Bolli (2010), A Grammar of Tadaksahak, a Northern Songhay Language of Mali, p. 103
173 Syntax b) a-zóolaɣ SG-male.goat a₌b-ʃaɣár. 3s₌IMPERF-have.small.white.spots (the) male goat has small white spots. Some perception verbs (‘hear’ ‘see’) can take a complement in the IMPERF (4.3.10.2). The perfective is used with foregrounded, simple sequential events in narratives (70). In the speech situation it indicates that the event is closed (71). (70) U. a₌ffúur-a pro.name 3s₌throw-3s 3s₌GEN spear ay₌n a₌dd(á) 3s₌make kǝmbǝrí áa₌k(a) 3s₌LOC a₌nǝ-yáʕad áa₌ka 3s₌NEG.P …

Christiansen-Bolli (2010), A Grammar of Tadaksahak, a Northern Songhay Language of Mali, p. 191

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