z-ǝllǝzlǝz

Verb v.

Translations

Français: Secouer (un arbre) (nom verbal a-z-ǝlǝzlǝz)
English: to shake (a tree)
العربية: يهز (شجرة)

Source : Christiansen-Bolli (2010), p. 109 — French and Arabic meanings translated from English, to be checked by the community

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Reference

Hamadine AG MOCTAR (n.d.). z-ǝllǝzlǝz (to shake (a tree)). Tadaksahak–French–English–Arabic dictionary. https://hamadine-services.net/en/dictionnaire/1602-z-ellezlez (accessed 2026-10-18)

BibTeX

@misc{moctarzllzlz,
  author = {Hamadine AG MOCTAR},
  title = {{z-ǝllǝzlǝz (to shake (a tree))}},
  howpublished = {Tadaksahak–French–English–Arabic dictionary},
  url = {https://hamadine-services.net/en/dictionnaire/1602-z-ellezlez},
  urldate = {2026-10-18}
}

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109 Morphology verb b) z-ǝllǝzlǝz noun a-z-ǝlǝzlǝz gloss to shake (tree) hǝlǝklǝk a-hǝlǝklǝk to pant hǝṇǝṣṇǝṣ a-hǝṇǝṣṇǝṣ to whine (child) ẓǝbǝḷbǝḷ a-ẓǝbǝḷbǝḷ to cry (camel) nǝ-gǝrtǝtǝf a-nǝ-gǝrtǝtǝf to stumble y-initial verbs with three following consonants lose the initial yisyllable which is replaced by the nominal a- prefix and insert /a/ between all the consonants. The illustrations are under (a). y-initial verbs with two consonants take a long stressed ee- prefix and ins …

Christiansen-Bolli (2010), A Grammar of Tadaksahak, a Northern Songhay Language of Mali, p. 127
… les, 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 that is marked with DAT. (121) a) har intáynawt a₌hínjin t-ée-wan-t. until jackal 3s₌be.much F-SG-be.fed-F.SG har áa₌k(a) until Jackal had eaten very well. b) until a₌hínjin 3s₌be.much 3s₌LOC …

Christiansen-Bolli (2010), A Grammar of Tadaksahak, a Northern Songhay Language of Mali, p. 210

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