íi-m-an

Noun n.

Translations

Français: Vie, âme
English: life, soul
العربية: حياة، روح

Source : Christiansen-Bolli (2010), p. 118 — French and Arabic meanings translated from English, to be checked by the community

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Hamadine AG MOCTAR (n.d.). íi-m-an (life, soul). Tadaksahak–French–English–Arabic dictionary. https://hamadine-services.net/en/dictionnaire/1658-ii-m-an (accessed 2026-10-18)

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@misc{moctariiman,
  author = {Hamadine AG MOCTAR},
  title = {{íi-m-an (life, soul)}},
  howpublished = {Tadaksahak–French–English–Arabic dictionary},
  url = {https://hamadine-services.net/en/dictionnaire/1658-ii-m-an},
  urldate = {2026-10-18}
}

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… ns found with agar agár borá bad person agár farká bad donkey agar léelaw slander agar a-hándag difficult/dangerous place agar káykay morally bad behavior agar íi-m-an dizzy spell agar ‘bad’ does not agree in number or gender with the noun it modifies. This is shown by the last example, agar íi-m-an which contains the plural noun íi-m-an ‘life, soul’, and by forms such as agar t-ǝ-mgad-an ‘bad girls’ with the feminine plural noun t-ǝ-mgad-an ‘girls’. It should be noted that t …

Christiansen-Bolli (2010), A Grammar of Tadaksahak, a Northern Songhay Language of Mali, p. 136
… óoda b-ɣǝlíy-ɣǝli₌a thing DET DEM too i-múdar-an ka IMPERF-circle-DUP₌3s.O PL-animal.PL LOC This (made) him turn around among the animals. (76) káamululláh(i) íi-m-an i₌hun(ú)₌i t-ǝ-lágaz-an sén(da) absolutely.all Everybody died, (77) i₌kkás 3p₌be PL-soul-PL F-PL-melon-PL 3p₌leave₌3p DEM.FAR ka LOC they died there. (Lit: they became melons there.) (78) a-bíji SG-jackal a₌ss-ǝwǝl c-én a₌ttǝrǝggǝ(t)-kat 3s₌CAUS-be.sharp leg-PL 3s₌jump.down-VEN Jackal stretched his legs and jum …

Christiansen-Bolli (2010), A Grammar of Tadaksahak, a Northern Songhay Language of Mali, p. 316

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