ǝs-káhar

Conjunction conj.

Translations

Français: Quand (variante ǝs-kábahar)
English: when (maybe-when)
العربية: عندما

Source : Christiansen-Bolli (2010), p. 176 — French and Arabic meanings translated from English, to be checked by the community

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Hamadine AG MOCTAR (n.d.). ǝs-káhar (when (maybe-when)). Tadaksahak–French–English–Arabic dictionary. https://hamadine-services.net/en/dictionnaire/1780-es-kahar (accessed 2026-10-18)

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@misc{moctarskahar,
  author = {Hamadine AG MOCTAR},
  title = {{ǝs-káhar (when (maybe-when))}},
  howpublished = {Tadaksahak–French–English–Arabic dictionary},
  url = {https://hamadine-services.net/en/dictionnaire/1780-es-kahar},
  urldate = {2026-10-18}
}

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… .4 ‘not even’). When meaning ‘without’, it precedes the noun that is negated. The second example below has wala in both functions, ‘without’ and ‘or’. (135) a) ǝs-kahar aɣa₌b-d(á) á-ḍrǝs wala haamú... maybe-when 1s₌IMPERF-make SG-sauce without meat when I make a sauce without meat... b) bora person t-a-xáawi-t jíji-kat load-VEN F-SG-saddle.kind-F.SG ay₌n á-mṇǝs wal(a) i-sǝtfar... 3s₌GEN or SG-camel wala without PL-cover somebody who loads his camel without saddle or (without) …

Christiansen-Bolli (2010), A Grammar of Tadaksahak, a Northern Songhay Language of Mali, p. 146
… -kábahar maybe-when árat-an herd-PL i₌yyíli alfájir 3p₌leave morning a₌tǝ-t-ǝlǝm. 3s₌FUT-PASS-open when the herds left in the morning, it (gate) was opened. b) ǝs-káhar ni₌bb-ǝfṛǝd í-ʃʃib-an maybe-when 2s-IMPERF-broom PL-grain.kind-PL ka LOC t-á-blaq-q F-SG-dust-F.SG a₌tǝ-yírti-kat 3s-FUT-mix-VEN á-ɣaatir SG-riverbed ǝnd(a)₌í. with₌3p when you sweep grains together in a riverbed, dust gets mixed with them. 4.2.4 Negation: perfective nǝ- and elsewhere sǝ- Positive perfective e …

Christiansen-Bolli (2010), A Grammar of Tadaksahak, a Northern Songhay Language of Mali, p. 194

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