yahór

Verb v.

Translations

Français: Convenir, être approprié
English: to be suitable
العربية: يناسب

Source : Christiansen-Bolli (2010), p. 114 — French and Arabic meanings translated from English, to be checked by the community

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Hamadine AG MOCTAR (n.d.). yahór (to be suitable). Tadaksahak–French–English–Arabic dictionary. https://hamadine-services.net/en/dictionnaire/1643-yahor (accessed 2026-10-18)

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@misc{moctaryahor,
  author = {Hamadine AG MOCTAR},
  title = {{yahór (to be suitable)}},
  howpublished = {Tadaksahak–French–English–Arabic dictionary},
  url = {https://hamadine-services.net/en/dictionnaire/1643-yahor},
  urldate = {2026-10-18}
}

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… ape yVhVC are nominalized with this strategy. They add an extra syllable in order to form a word with three syllables. yáhag / t-a-háag-it ‘to last / duration’ yahór / t-a-hóorat ‘to be suitable / suitability’. (see also aa-hát / t-a-hát-at ‘Zarma person m/f’). The other verbs of the shape y-VCVC use a different strategy for nominalization, i.e. long initial vowel yíʃǝf / ée-ʃaf ‘to swim / swimming’ (see 3.2.4.1.2). 3.2.4.3.1 Instrument In a few verb stems, one finds a marker …

Christiansen-Bolli (2010), A Grammar of Tadaksahak, a Northern Songhay Language of Mali, p. 132
… do not have the means to give a drink to somebody. The following verbs all have a 3s subject clitic that needs to be read as impersonal. The intransitive verb yahór ‘need to (do)’ is used in an impersonal construction. (167) a) maybe-when ǝs-káhar 2s₌GEN ni₌n karfú a₌kkós a₌bb-ahór sa (ǝ)n₌tǝ-s-ǝmm-ǝrkǝs₌a 3s₌IMPERF-need rope 3s₌cut COMP 2s₌FUT-CAUS-RECI-tie₌3s when your rope is broken you need to retie it together. b) a₌bb-ahór 3s₌IMPERF-need sa borá kullú a₌m-báy COMP pers …

Christiansen-Bolli (2010), A Grammar of Tadaksahak, a Northern Songhay Language of Mali, p. 230

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