Jinjí

Noun n.

Translations

Français: Cou, gorge
English: Neck; throat
العربية: رقبة، حنجرة

Source : the site’s first dictionary (Swadesh list)

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Hamadine AG MOCTAR (n.d.). Jinjí (Neck; throat). Tadaksahak–French–English–Arabic dictionary. https://hamadine-services.net/en/dictionnaire/170-jinji (accessed 2026-10-18)

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@misc{moctarjinji,
  author = {Hamadine AG MOCTAR},
  title = {{Jinjí (Neck; throat)}},
  howpublished = {Tadaksahak–French–English–Arabic dictionary},
  url = {https://hamadine-services.net/en/dictionnaire/170-jinji},
  urldate = {2026-10-18}
}

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… Yífǝd prêter yíbǝt arracher d/ḍ dl décorer ḍǝḷǝm accuser injustement Éedag place éeḍag herbe adágar part aḍágaḷ beau père anáfad tabatière aṇáfaḍ infection d/j jinjí cou diŋgá oubli tadábert pigeon tajábert herbe (fonio) cindí part cinjí pluie G/k guná voir kuná avoir Guurú fer kuurú peau Yígbǝs porter (pagne) yíkbǝl supporter Lǝtǝg lourd ṣǝṭǝk frapper au cou G/j geení poux jeejí accrocher gíman beauté jinán ciel ígattan supports (pl) ijíiman milliers (pl) g/ɣ gáafa crime ɣáa …

Ag Abdoussalam (s. d.), Structure grammaticale d’un parler berbéro-songhay du nord-est malien (tadaksahak) : éléments de linguistique, p. 7
d/t d/ḍ d/j g/k g/j g/ɣ q/k k/c f/h yibrár yírkǝb dudú bídaw átri yífǝd dǝlǝg éedag adágar anáfad jinjí tadábert cindí guná guurú yígbǝs lǝtǝg geení gíman ígitan gáafa áagar agírid yírgǝm yáhag qóq lǝqǝm yíqbǝl abáaleq karáy keedí arkílla sǝkiyki fánfi alfáydat ífayan Phonological Structure 11 yídraɣ yínkǝd tudú lítam ádri yíbǝt ḍǝḷǝm éeḍag aḍágaḷ aṇáfaḍ diŋgá tajábert cinjí kuná kuurú yíkbǝl ṣǝṭǝk to be decorated to sneak to to respond turban (kind of) crack in skin to snatc …

Christiansen-Bolli (2010), A Grammar of Tadaksahak, a Northern Songhay Language of Mali, p. 28
215 Syntax aɣo báar(a) DET be if 3s₌own ay₌n 3s₌GEN jinji neck kud á₌mmay t-a-rásway-t a₌sǝ-mmay t-i-zzár-t F-SG-clothing-F.SG or 3s₌NEG.IMPERF-own F-SG-be.before-F.SG wal(a) ni₌bb-ǝṇsi. 2s₌IMPERF-beg when you try to get a piece of clothing from somebody, look if he himself, the one (shirt) on his body, if he has a shirt (worth being called a shirt) or not before you beg (of him). This same particle is used in Tamasheq with the same function but also for other uses. Find more …

Christiansen-Bolli (2010), A Grammar of Tadaksahak, a Northern Songhay Language of Mali, p. 233
… g of the sentence, but only to the beginning of its clause (following the subject ‘each one’). (69) Wa koy, IMP leave itila afo aru [aɣo a-Ø-baɣa] a-m-da a ayn jinji ka. each one man REL 3S-PERF-love 3S-SUBJ-do 3S 3S.GEN neck LOC Leave, may each one put it (ribbon) around the neck of the man that she loves. The motivation for a further set of examples of left-dislocation is the speaker’s desire to give extra prominence to the referent concerned. In each instance, the correlat …

Christiansen & Levinsohn (2003), Relative Clauses in Tadaksahak, p. 16

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