taɣm

Noun n.

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Français: Sandale
English: sandal
العربية: صندل

Source : Christiansen-Bolli (2010), p. 250 — French and Arabic meanings translated from English, to be checked by the community

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Hamadine AG MOCTAR (n.d.). taɣm (sandal). Tadaksahak–French–English–Arabic dictionary. https://hamadine-services.net/en/dictionnaire/1920-taghm (accessed 2026-10-18)

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@misc{moctarsandal,
  author = {Hamadine AG MOCTAR},
  title = {{taɣm (sandal)}},
  howpublished = {Tadaksahak–French–English–Arabic dictionary},
  url = {https://hamadine-services.net/en/dictionnaire/1920-taghm},
  urldate = {2026-10-18}
}

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… l. The plural of taɣmú ‘sandal, shoe’ is interpreted as ‘a pair of …’ and several pairs can be marked by adding a second plural on the pluralized noun which is taɣm-én-en ‘pairs of sandals’. The item ‘person’ with the plural ‘people’ does not form a pair but people can be found in groups. The double plural is used to designate groups of people randomly scattered over an area. borá ‘person/somebody’ bor-én ‘people’ bor-én-en ‘groups of people’. 3.2.4 Nominalization 3.2.4.1 Ver …

Christiansen-Bolli (2010), A Grammar of Tadaksahak, a Northern Songhay Language of Mali, p. 124
… to the left movement the constituent is uttered with a higher pitch than an undisplaced constituent. (243) aɣ₌sǝ-hurrú 1s₌NEG.IMPERF-look.for í-sǝlsa PL-clothe taɣm-én aɣa₌b-hurrú sandal-PL 1s₌IMPERF-look.for I am not looking for sandals, it’s clothes I am looking for. 4.7.2.1 Subject focalization When a subject is focalized a particle nǝ- FOC (focus) (ǝn- before CVshaped MAN markers) replaces the regular subject clitic. While similar to the extraction marker in relative clau …

Christiansen-Bolli (2010), A Grammar of Tadaksahak, a Northern Songhay Language of Mali, p. 268

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