ǝmmǝk

Noun n.

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Français: Manière
English: manner
العربية: طريقة

Source : Christiansen-Bolli (2010), p. 123 ; p. 239 — French and Arabic meanings translated from English, to be checked by the community

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Hamadine AG MOCTAR (n.d.). ǝmmǝk (manner). Tadaksahak–French–English–Arabic dictionary. https://hamadine-services.net/en/dictionnaire/1681-emmek (accessed 2026-10-18)

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@misc{moctarmanner,
  author = {Hamadine AG MOCTAR},
  title = {{ǝmmǝk (manner)}},
  howpublished = {Tadaksahak–French–English–Arabic dictionary},
  url = {https://hamadine-services.net/en/dictionnaire/1681-emmek},
  urldate = {2026-10-18}
}

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… hak most pronouns begin with a vowel and so possibly the initial consonant was dropped. (122) aɣa₌hár 1s₌tell ana ay₌n 2s.DAT 3s₌GEN I told you how s/he/it is. ǝmmǝk. manner This pronoun behaves quite differently from the rest of the series. Further treatment of this topic is found in 3.2.7.11.2.1.1. 3.2.7.2 Locative and temporal ka The basic reading of this locative postposition ka LOC is ‘in’. It is a purely topological postposition, insensitive to questions of location vs. …

Christiansen-Bolli (2010), A Grammar of Tadaksahak, a Northern Songhay Language of Mali, p. 141
… báara. 3s₌exist there is sugar. b) ary-én water-PL i₌báara. 3p₌exist there is water. A special case is illustrated in the example below. (182) ..sa (ǝ)n₌sǝ-káw ǝmmǝk COMP 2s-NEG.IMPERF-take manner aɣo bé DET on ni₌báara 2s₌exist ...that you will not change the way you are (now) In this example the stative quality of this verb is addressed. kas ‘be/become’ would not fit here since this verb has a semantic component of ‘change’ and here the state at the moment of the speech is …

Christiansen-Bolli (2010), A Grammar of Tadaksahak, a Northern Songhay Language of Mali, p. 238

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