Kóy-kat

Verb vi.

Translations

Français: Venir
English: Come, to
العربية: يأتي

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

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Hamadine AG MOCTAR (n.d.). Kóy-kat (Come, to). Tadaksahak–French–English–Arabic dictionary. https://hamadine-services.net/en/dictionnaire/211-koy-kat (accessed 2026-10-18)

BibTeX

@misc{moctarkoykat,
  author = {Hamadine AG MOCTAR},
  title = {{Kóy-kat (Come, to)}},
  howpublished = {Tadaksahak–French–English–Arabic dictionary},
  url = {https://hamadine-services.net/en/dictionnaire/211-koy-kat},
  urldate = {2026-10-18}
}

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… p (pl) and fight (pl) with the jinns! jinn-PL Some verb roots only occur as imperatives: (87) Suppletive imperatives imperative gloss inflected root yéw! come! kóy-kat ahún! hold (it)! yíddǝr ǝndǝ! pass (it)! yíci ǝndén! pass (it)! yíci The first imperative is from Tamasheq. The next form is connected to Songhay of Gao /hũũ!/ ‘here, take!’ ǝndǝ / ǝndén could be related with ǝnda ‘in the direction of’. ǝndǝ is used in situations where the giver and taker are in close reach and …

Christiansen-Bolli (2010), A Grammar of Tadaksahak, a Northern Songhay Language of Mali, p. 197
… T-take 2s.DAT SG-greet we ought not to respond to your greeting. ‘have the means to’ kun-ǝnda (lit: ‘find with’) (166) a) aɣa₌kkun-ǝnda 1s₌find-with s(a) aɣ₌tǝ-kóy-kat COMP 1s₌FUT-go-VEN I have the means (time) to come to you. b) nin. 2s ar₌nǝ-kun-ǝnda 1p₌NEG.PERF-find-with s(a) ar₌tǝ-ʃ-íʃu COMP 1p₌FUT-CAUS-drink.BND borá. person we do not have the means to give a drink to somebody. The following verbs all have a 3s subject clitic that needs to be read as impersonal. The intr …

Christiansen-Bolli (2010), A Grammar of Tadaksahak, a Northern Songhay Language of Mali, p. 230

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