Akkóz

Numeral num.

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Français: Quatre
English: Four
العربية: أربعة

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

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Hamadine AG MOCTAR (n.d.). Akkóz (Four). Tadaksahak–French–English–Arabic dictionary. https://hamadine-services.net/en/dictionnaire/22-akkoz (accessed 2026-10-18)

BibTeX

@misc{moctarakkoz,
  author = {Hamadine AG MOCTAR},
  title = {{Akkóz (Four)}},
  howpublished = {Tadaksahak–French–English–Arabic dictionary},
  url = {https://hamadine-services.net/en/dictionnaire/22-akkoz},
  urldate = {2026-10-18}
}

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

… taires 1 a-ffó / (fóo-da) [a-f : o] songhoy iyyǎ n [ij:ɐn] Mot de la langue 2 Hiŋká [hiŋká] " " əssin [əs :in] " " 3 kaaṛáḍ [karaɖ] touareg kaaṛáḍ [karaɖ] " " 4 akkóz [ak:ʐ] " " akkóz [ak:ʐ] " "

Ag Agouzoum, Hamadou et Ag Abdoussalam (s. d.), Éléments linguistiques du berbère sud et du songhoy septentrional : perspectives historiques en Afrique subsaharienne pour une approche éducative bilingue, p. 14
… n, i.e., when listing the numerals. This is shown by the brackets on the list below. (159) Numerals number a-ffó / (a-f)fóo-da 3.2.9.2 gloss 1 hiŋká 2 kaaṛáḍ 3 akkóz 4 ʃammúʃ 5 ʃaaḍíʃ 6 iʃʃá 7 iṭṭám 8 ṭaaṣá 9 maaṛá 10 táaʃinda 20 ṭ-ǝ-méedi 100 a-jím 1000 Compound numerals The multiples of ten higher than twenty are built by juxtaposition. This kind of compounding is not found elsewhere in the language. It seems to be a imported feature from Tamasheq where the constituents are …

Christiansen-Bolli (2010), A Grammar of Tadaksahak, a Northern Songhay Language of Mali, p. 158
141 Morphology The lexeme t-ǝ-méṛw-in ‘ten small ones’ is a Tamasheq feminine plural derived from Tamasheq /măraw/ ‘ten’. (160) Compound numerals number akkóz-ǝ-t-ǝ-méṛw-in gloss 40 ʃammúʃ-ǝ-t-ǝ-méṛw-in 50 iʃʃáy-t-ǝ-méṛw-in 70 Another word derived from ‘ten’ has survived in the form of t-a-máaṛuk ‘tenner’ which designates the piece of money worth 50 Francs CFA (10x5 francs), it is also used to mean ‘small herd (consisting of some ten animals)’. Numerals from ‘11’ to ‘19’ and …

Christiansen-Bolli (2010), A Grammar of Tadaksahak, a Northern Songhay Language of Mali, p. 159
… ne », là où la tawillimidt dit aɣil n-awadim (p. 39 et 41). Ses noms de nombre sont songhay pour un et deux (a-ffó, hiŋká), touaregs à partir de trois (kaaṛáḍ, akkóz, ʃammúʃ) ; ses pronoms, à la différence de ceux du touareg, ne distinguent pas le genre (p. 40, 42-43). Les auteurs concluent à une compréhension mutuelle limitée entre les deux langues et voient dans le tadaksahak « le résultat d’une fusion linguistique », dont le touareg serait le substrat (p. 43). Sur ce derni …

MOCTAR (2026), Sur les pistes de ceux d’Ishaq, p. 12
… ght hand”, where Tawillimidt says aɣil n-awadim (p. 39 and 41). Its numerals are Songhay for one and two (a- ffó, hiŋká) and Tuareg from three onwards (kaaṛáḍ, akkóz, ʃammúʃ); its pronouns, unlike those of Tuareg, do not distinguish gender (p. 40, 42–43). The authors conclude that mutual intelligibility between the two languages is limited and see Tadaksahak as “the result of a linguistic fusion” in which Tuareg would be the substrate (p. 43). On this last point they diverge …

MOCTAR (2026), On the Trails of Those of Ishaq, p. 12

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