sǝ-mmǝllǝt

Verb v.

Translations

Français: Faire embrasser (causatif)
English: to make kiss
العربية: يجعل يقبل

Source : Christiansen-Bolli (2010), p. 196 — French and Arabic meanings translated from English, to be checked by the community

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Hamadine AG MOCTAR (n.d.). sǝ-mmǝllǝt (to make kiss). Tadaksahak–French–English–Arabic dictionary. https://hamadine-services.net/en/dictionnaire/1830-se-mmellet (accessed 2026-10-19)

BibTeX

@misc{moctarsmmllt,
  author = {Hamadine AG MOCTAR},
  title = {{sǝ-mmǝllǝt (to make kiss)}},
  howpublished = {Tadaksahak–French–English–Arabic dictionary},
  url = {https://hamadine-services.net/en/dictionnaire/1830-se-mmellet},
  urldate = {2026-10-19}
}

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… how Verbs with a causative often have two complements, one of which is marked by the dative, i.e., the human causee, the entity with an assumed will, e.g., a₌b-sǝ-mmǝllǝt Fáti s(e) ay₌n báarar. (3s₌IMPERFCAUS-kiss F. DAT 3s₌GEN child) ‘He makes Fati kiss her baby.’. In a sentence like ‘She made the taxi bring the children to her aunt.’ the taxi has no will and can therefore not be marked with the dative. Animals fall in the same category. They are not considered to have a wil …

Christiansen-Bolli (2010), A Grammar of Tadaksahak, a Northern Songhay Language of Mali, p. 214

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