máazal

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• … to ambush gloss noun street robber yaxrám a-ná-xram to refuse badly trained camel yíktǝb a-ná-ktib to write writer yíɣlǝf a-ná-ɣlif to be entrusted guardian to máazal a-na-máazal to be sent yíɣtǝf f) messenger Another minor actor strategy is found. It is not nominalizing a verb but prefixes to a noun that designates an item that is the distinguishing feature for the agent. The prefix aw- ‘person’ in singular and kǝl ‘people’ for plural is added to a noun. Examples are: ‘merch …

  Christiansen-Bolli (2010), A Grammar of Tadaksahak, a Northern Songhay Language of Mali, p. 130

• … n verb a) b) c) bǝlǝl noun t-a-báalul-t gloss verb to be at ease gloss noun young tree, sp. ṣǝṛǝf t-a-ṣóoṛef-ṭ to pardon pardon sǝtǝf t-a-súutef-t to spit spit máazal t-a-máazal-t to be sent purpose rúurud t-a-ráarat-t to be in a hurry hurrying yífṛǝṣ t-a-féeṛaṣ-ṭ to cut with one stroke piece of cut material yíɣlǝf t-a-ɣáalif-t ~ t-á-ɣlif-t to have confidence in confidence yíɣrǝs t-a-ɣéerǝs-t to chisel well cut in rock yíḷfǝẓ t-a-ḷéefaṣ-t to be crushed blister yídkǝl t-a-déek …

  Christiansen-Bolli (2010), A Grammar of Tadaksahak, a Northern Songhay Language of Mali, p. 132