May kay

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• 319 Appendix III T - t tail n. t-a-lánkaw lánkaw--t tall, to be idiom may kay vi. kukú tea (leaves) n. áa áa--la tether, to vt. háw tethered, to be vi. háw that (one) dem. (a)sénda them pron. íŋgi there adv. sénda they ind. pron. íŋgi thin (person/livestock), to be vi. yilbák thin, to be vi. ʃadíd think (that) vi. yordá this dem. óoda this dem. áyda three num. kaará kaaráḍ ḍ U - u ugly, to be vi. yibrár upright, to be vi. káy upright, being n. káy vomit, to V - v vi. yéeri W …

  Christiansen-Bolli (2010), A Grammar of Tadaksahak, a Northern Songhay Language of Mali, p. 337

• … ay ◀ kow ‘remove, take out, take off; get rid off’ KCH:173 káy vi. to be upright, to stop ◀ key ‘stop, halt, cease; stand, stand up’ KCH:163 — n. being upright máy káy idiom to be tall káy he ka idiom to trample on sth káy he be idiom to withhold sth káy béena idiom to stand up káy--kay vi. to stroll ◀ key ‘stop, halt; stand’ KCH:163 káy keedí vt. to be on sth ◀ kaar ‘mount on (animal)’ KCH:159 — n. riding keení vi. to be laid down; to sleep ◀ kani ‘lay down, go to sleep, spe …

  Christiansen-Bolli (2010), A Grammar of Tadaksahak, a Northern Songhay Language of Mali, p. 350