Naaná

Noun n.

Translations

Français: Mère, sœur de la mère
English: Mother; mother's sister
العربية: أم، أخت الأم

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

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Hamadine AG MOCTAR (n.d.). Naaná (Mother; mother's sister). Tadaksahak–French–English–Arabic dictionary. https://hamadine-services.net/en/dictionnaire/239-naana (accessed 2026-10-18)

BibTeX

@misc{moctarnaana,
  author = {Hamadine AG MOCTAR},
  title = {{Naaná (Mother; mother's sister)}},
  howpublished = {Tadaksahak–French–English–Arabic dictionary},
  url = {https://hamadine-services.net/en/dictionnaire/239-naana},
  urldate = {2026-10-18}
}

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

… live, to vi. yiddár liver n. taa taaʃá ʃá long, to be vi. kukú louse (head) n. geení moon mosquito mother mouth n. a-yyár n. míya kukú n t-aa aa--dás dás--t n. naaná n. míya N - n name n. mân narrow, to be vi. karrós near to, to be vi. mán neck n. jinjí new, to be vi. yaynáy nice adj. giŋ giŋ--gimán night n. cijí nose npl. t-í-nʒar nostrils npl. t-í-nʒar numerous, to be vi. babó numerous, to make vt. babó O - o odor n. mammaní old, to be vi. ʒén old, to make vt. ʒén older sib …

Christiansen-Bolli (2010), A Grammar of Tadaksahak, a Northern Songhay Language of Mali, p. 335
Wordlist: Tadaksahak – English 335 N ná vt. to give ◀ noo ‘give; gift’ KCH:205 — n. giving naaná n. mother, sister of mother; maternal ancestor ◀ ɲaa ‘mother, naan--én mother’s sister’ KCH:206; KS:258 pl. naan nana béeri n. grand mother ◀ ɲaa-beeri ‘mother’s younger sister’ KCH:259 naná fumbú n. stepmother ◀ ɲaa-fumb-o ‘co-wife of one’s mother; stepmother’ KCH:207; KS:259 ne n. location; very low nominal property, in combination with demonstratives and question ‘what location …

Christiansen-Bolli (2010), A Grammar of Tadaksahak, a Northern Songhay Language of Mali, p. 353

Naaná

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