Man ícet

Expression phrase

Translations

Français: Combien ?
English: How many/much?
العربية: كم؟

Source : the site’s first dictionary (Interrogatives)

Cite this word

Reference

Hamadine AG MOCTAR (n.d.). Man ícet (How many/much?). Tadaksahak–French–English–Arabic dictionary. https://hamadine-services.net/en/dictionnaire/223-man-icet (accessed 2026-10-18)

BibTeX

@misc{moctaricet,
  author = {Hamadine AG MOCTAR},
  title = {{Man ícet (How many/much?)}},
  howpublished = {Tadaksahak–French–English–Arabic dictionary},
  url = {https://hamadine-services.net/en/dictionnaire/223-man-icet},
  urldate = {2026-10-18}
}

This word in the works

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

… .............260 4.7.3.3.4 maana ‘where (close by)?’ ........................260 4.7.3.3.5 man ne ‘where?’ .......................................261 4.7.3.3.6 man ícet ‘how much/many?’......................262 4.7.3.3.7 man əmmək aɣo (ə)nda ‘how?’ .................263 4.7.4 Other particles.......................................................263 4.7.4.1 ya exclamation / surprise................................263 za ‘so’ logical consequence ............................264 4 …

Christiansen-Bolli (2010), A Grammar of Tadaksahak, a Northern Songhay Language of Mali, p. 10
… e-PL where do you(pl) put your(pl) eyes? (in what…) g) mán ne (ə)nda where place LOC ni-bə-boy 2s-IMPERF-move to(wards) where are you moving (camp)? 4.7.3.3.6. man ícet ‘how much/many?’ The entire phrase man ícet has been imported from Tamasheq. The term ícet ‘quantity, measure’ not only occurs in questions, but is also found in an ‘augmentative’ type construction with pejorative connotation (e.g. ícet ǝn t-a-báʒnaw-t /measure GEN F-SG-old.donkeySG.F/ ‘what a clumsy person’). …

Christiansen-Bolli (2010), A Grammar of Tadaksahak, a Northern Songhay Language of Mali, p. 280

Man ícet

Translations

Reference

BibTeX

This word in the works

Words in the same category