Hínjin

Verb vi.

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Français: Être beaucoup, intensifier
English: To be very much
العربية: يكون كثيراً

Source : the site’s first dictionary

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Hamadine AG MOCTAR (n.d.). Hínjin (To be very much). Tadaksahak–French–English–Arabic dictionary. https://hamadine-services.net/en/dictionnaire/151-hinjin (accessed 2026-10-18)

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@misc{moctarhinjin,
  author = {Hamadine AG MOCTAR},
  title = {{Hínjin (To be very much)}},
  howpublished = {Tadaksahak–French–English–Arabic dictionary},
  url = {https://hamadine-services.net/en/dictionnaire/151-hinjin},
  urldate = {2026-10-18}
}

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… ng babó to be many to increase ʒén to be old to make old ceená to be small to make small bán to be soft to soften fér to be opened to open dudú to flow to pour hínjin to be repaired to repair kunkún to be rolled up (mat) to roll up (mat) Tamasheq cognates verb intransitive gloss to be decorated with metal transitive gloss to decorate with metal yíɣʃid to be out of use / destroyed to destroy yíɣfǝl to be locked to lock yílǝm to be open to open yílkǝḍ to be braided to braid yíd …

Christiansen-Bolli (2010), A Grammar of Tadaksahak, a Northern Songhay Language of Mali, p. 202
… you should leave very early tomorrow morning for work. f) álham a₌ss-ínnihil anger aɣáy húuru. 3s₌CAUS-be.much 1s I was very angry. enter.VN ‘do/be very much’ hínjin Among the following examples, remark that (d) intensifies the idiom hé (a)₌kkun(á)₌a (thing 3s₌find₌3s) ‘he is ill.’ Example (f) exposes some additional syntactic intricacies. The verb z-ǝllǝzlǝz, ‘shake’, is used in a nominal form complementing hínjin. The reflexive phrase takes the slot of the indirect object …

Christiansen-Bolli (2010), A Grammar of Tadaksahak, a Northern Songhay Language of Mali, p. 210
… rinkle of rain from which the dry plains received water. In the following example, which contains two relative clauses, the postposition is enda ‘COM’. (21) Wa hinjin afereg [# enda tafan i-Ø-bara] [# enda alman i-Ø-huru-kat]. IMP mend hedge COM holes 3P-PERF-be.in COM herd 3P-PERF-enter-VEN Mend the hedge wherever there are holes, wherever the animals enter. When a temporal is relativized, the relative pronoun strategy is used. The same postposition ka as for the locative is …

Christiansen & Levinsohn (2003), Relative Clauses in Tadaksahak, p. 7
… be [# b-yizar ari neda ka]. 1S-IMPF-wait 2S.BEN pond INDEF on IMPF-be.ahead 1P place.same LOC I am waiting for you on a pond that is ahead of us here. (41) Wa hinjin afereg [# enda tafan i-Ø-bara] [# enda alman i-Ø-huru-kat]. IMP mend hedge COM holes 3P-PERF-be.in COM herd 3P-PERF-enter-VEN Mend the hedge wherever there are holes, wherever the animals enter. In the first relative clause of the following example, the gap strategy is used because the entity ‘story’ has not pre …

Christiansen & Levinsohn (2003), Relative Clauses in Tadaksahak, p. 11

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