A-bíji

Noun n.

Translations

Français: Chacal
English: Jackal
العربية: ابن آوى

Source : the site’s first dictionary (Swadesh list)

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Reference

Hamadine AG MOCTAR (n.d.). A-bíji (Jackal). Tadaksahak–French–English–Arabic dictionary. https://hamadine-services.net/en/dictionnaire/2-a-biji (accessed 2026-10-18)

BibTeX

@misc{moctarabiji,
  author = {Hamadine AG MOCTAR},
  title = {{A-bíji (Jackal)}},
  howpublished = {Tadaksahak–French–English–Arabic dictionary},
  url = {https://hamadine-services.net/en/dictionnaire/2-a-biji},
  urldate = {2026-10-18}
}

This word in the works

Pages of the library’s works where this word appears.

… i i-láll-an noble person a-dími i-dám-an gazelle, sp. áa-guz í-gaz-an sinew (kind of) a-ɣéɣi i-ɣáɣ-an crevice a-kóko i-kák-an tree, sp. a-jíji í-gag-an luggage a-bíji í-bag-an hyena Another group of nouns exposes this same pattern with different vowels in the singular stem. Some of them expose non-low vowels in the stem which would classify them in the list above. However, they all systematically geminate the final consonant of the stem and some expose low vowels in the stem. …

Christiansen-Bolli (2010), A Grammar of Tadaksahak, a Northern Songhay Language of Mali, p. 117
… da) absolutely.all Everybody died, (77) i₌kkás 3p₌be PL-soul-PL F-PL-melon-PL 3p₌leave₌3p DEM.FAR ka LOC they died there. (Lit: they became melons there.) (78) a-bíji SG-jackal a₌ss-ǝwǝl c-én a₌ttǝrǝggǝ(t)-kat 3s₌CAUS-be.sharp leg-PL 3s₌jump.down-VEN Jackal stretched his legs and jumped down. (79) éelaw elephant ǝnd(a) áy₌n with 3s₌GEN Elephant himself was dead. (80) a-bíji SG-jackal a₌mm-ǝntǝz 3s₌SUBJ-pull Jackal pulled on this one (81) a₌m-ci g(a) a₌bbún self 3s₌be.dead ná …

Christiansen-Bolli (2010), A Grammar of Tadaksahak, a Northern Songhay Language of Mali, p. 316

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