ggas

Noun n.

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Français: Coutume
English: custom, guard
العربية: عادة

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.). ggas (custom, guard). Tadaksahak–French–English–Arabic dictionary. https://hamadine-services.net/en/dictionnaire/1939-ggas (accessed 2026-10-18)

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@misc{moctarggas,
  author = {Hamadine AG MOCTAR},
  title = {{ggas (custom, guard)}},
  howpublished = {Tadaksahak–French–English–Arabic dictionary},
  url = {https://hamadine-services.net/en/dictionnaire/1939-ggas},
  urldate = {2026-10-18}
}

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… minal complement as well as a sa clause are possible. It is also found in the negative ‘ought not to’. (119) a) nín 2s.EMP nǝ-máy-ǝnd(a) FOC-have-with ay₌n t-á-ggas-t 3s₌GEN F-SG-take.care-F.SG it’s you who ought to take care of it (land). b) surgóy woman a₌sǝ-may-ǝnda 3s₌NEG.IMPERF-have-with s(a) a₌tǝ-d(á) COMP 3s₌FUT-do ay₌n 3s₌GEN áaru sé man DAT hé yibrár-an. thing be.bad-ADJZR a woman ought not to do anything bad to her husband. The verbal noun complements can be pronomi …

Christiansen-Bolli (2010), A Grammar of Tadaksahak, a Northern Songhay Language of Mali, p. 209
… e clause and substituting the main verb with the light verb, kás ‘to be’ or dá ‘to do’. (241) a) a-ṇágad / SG-put.turban a₌kkás 3s₌be Idáksahak 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₌d …

Christiansen-Bolli (2010), A Grammar of Tadaksahak, a Northern Songhay Language of Mali, p. 267

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