bíyaɣ

Noun n.

Translations

Français: Outre
English: water skin
العربية: قربة

Source : Christiansen-Bolli (2010), p. 249 — French and Arabic meanings translated from English, to be checked by the community

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Hamadine AG MOCTAR (n.d.). bíyaɣ (water skin). Tadaksahak–French–English–Arabic dictionary. https://hamadine-services.net/en/dictionnaire/1917-biyagh (accessed 2026-10-18)

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@misc{moctarbiya,
  author = {Hamadine AG MOCTAR},
  title = {{bíyaɣ (water skin)}},
  howpublished = {Tadaksahak–French–English–Arabic dictionary},
  url = {https://hamadine-services.net/en/dictionnaire/1917-biyagh},
  urldate = {2026-10-18}
}

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… ahak ǝn name GEN t-á-ggas-t. F-SG-guard-F.SG putting on a turban is a custom of the Idaksahak. b) a-ṣáṭǝk SG-be.dried.up zǝrooda today ar₌n 1p₌GEN a₌ss-ǝrmaɣ i-bíyaɣ PL-water.skin áari. i₌ddá 3p₌do 3s₌CAUS-have.fear 1p.O our water skins are so empty today that this makes us afraid. (Lit: the drying up our water skins do ...) c) á-hoora a₌dd(a) SG-pursue 3s₌do well LOC baŋgu bé. íi₌se 3p₌DAT har until a₌ṭṭáaw₌i 3s₌reach₌3p he pursued them (by following their footprints) until …

Christiansen-Bolli (2010), A Grammar of Tadaksahak, a Northern Songhay Language of Mali, p. 267
256 (253) a) ák QST i-bíyaɣ i₌ttén PL-water.skin 3p₌arrive t-ée-laq-q nǝ₌ŋŋá have the (donkeys with the) water skins arrived? b) ák QST F-SG-knife-F.SG FOC₌eat is it a knife that cut you? c) igán ṭaamú QST slave am I a slave? 4.7.3.2 nín 2s aɣa₌kkás 1s₌be Tag questions This type of yes/no question presupposes that the statement with the added tag is true and will be confirmed. The tag element is wiji ‘it is not’, which is added at the end of a statement with rising question i …

Christiansen-Bolli (2010), A Grammar of Tadaksahak, a Northern Songhay Language of Mali, p. 274

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