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Français: Chaque, tout, chaque fois que (précède le nom)
English: each, every, whenever
العربية: كل، كلما

Source : Christiansen-Bolli (2010), p. 164 — French and Arabic meanings translated from English, to be checked by the community

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Hamadine AG MOCTAR (n.d.). íttilla (each, every, whenever). Tadaksahak–French–English–Arabic dictionary. https://hamadine-services.net/en/dictionnaire/1739-ittilla (accessed 2026-10-18)

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@misc{moctarittilla,
  author = {Hamadine AG MOCTAR},
  title = {{íttilla (each, every, whenever)}},
  howpublished = {Tadaksahak–French–English–Arabic dictionary},
  url = {https://hamadine-services.net/en/dictionnaire/1739-ittilla},
  urldate = {2026-10-18}
}

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… ed in the southern region, as found in hak borá ‘each person’ or hak a-ffo ‘each one’. It precedes the noun it modifies. Another expression for ‘each/every’ is íttilla (from Tamasheq). Like hák this modifier precedes the noun it modifies. It is only used with singular nouns. When combined with countable time expressions like ‘day’ each single entity is evoked. In that context káamil and íttilla are synonyms: íttilla záɣri = záɣri káamil ‘every day’. Less countable time expres …

Christiansen-Bolli (2010), A Grammar of Tadaksahak, a Northern Songhay Language of Mali, p. 182
… strictive type. One such generic term is hé ‘thing’ that can designate humans as well as animals in certain contexts. This is shown in the example below. (203) íttilla hé [nín aa₌ka] a-ʃíbuku a₌tǝ-kun(a)₌a. each thing drink 3s₌LOC yeer-án ǝnd(a) vomiting-PL and SG-diarrhea 3s₌FUT-find₌3s whoever (humans/animals) drinks from it, will get vomiting and diarrhea. 4.5.2.1 Existential expressions with relativization The RC of an existential expression uses the same construction as …

Christiansen-Bolli (2010), A Grammar of Tadaksahak, a Northern Songhay Language of Mali, p. 250

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