almáʕna

Noun n.

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Français: Sens, signification (pluriel id-almáʕna)
English: meaning
العربية: معنى

Source : Christiansen-Bolli (2010), p. 165 ; p. 261 — French and Arabic meanings translated from English, to be checked by the community

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Hamadine AG MOCTAR (n.d.). almáʕna (meaning). Tadaksahak–French–English–Arabic dictionary. https://hamadine-services.net/en/dictionnaire/1741-alma-na (accessed 2026-10-18)

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@misc{moctaralmana,
  author = {Hamadine AG MOCTAR},
  title = {{almáʕna (meaning)}},
  howpublished = {Tadaksahak–French–English–Arabic dictionary},
  url = {https://hamadine-services.net/en/dictionnaire/1741-alma-na},
  urldate = {2026-10-18}
}

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… ‘be much/many’ babó derived as adjective and then following the noun, e.g. ay₌n almán babó-(a)n (3s₌GEN herd be.numerous-ADJZR) ‘his big/ numerous herd’ or id-almáʕna babó-(a)nǝn (PL-meaning be.nume- rous-ADJZR.PL) ‘many meanings’. A genitive construction with íccet ‘quantity’ expresses ‘a lot of’, with pejorative connotations. íccet ǝn t-a-báʒnaw-t (quantity GEN F-SGold.donkey-F.SG) ‘(what) quantity of old donkey’ is said about a person that works slowly or moves inelegantl …

Christiansen-Bolli (2010), A Grammar of Tadaksahak, a Northern Songhay Language of Mali, p. 183
… at is the usefulness of your work? e) aɣ(o) óoda za DET LC DEM.NEAR maan(á) áy₌n where.close 3s₌GEN ándi se 2p DAT ṭ-ǝ-nfa F-SG-use t-a-nǝfus-t F-SG-story-F.SG almáʕna meaning so this story, what is its meaning? f) maan(á) áddabaara where.close decision what shall we do? (= where is the decision?) 4.7.3.3.5. man ne ‘where?’ This construction asks for a location unknown to the person and at a further distance than the question word described above. The formula is directly foll …

Christiansen-Bolli (2010), A Grammar of Tadaksahak, a Northern Songhay Language of Mali, p. 279

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