Néeda

Adverb adv.

Translations

Français: Ici
English: Here
العربية: هنا

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

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Hamadine AG MOCTAR (n.d.). Néeda (Here). Tadaksahak–French–English–Arabic dictionary. https://hamadine-services.net/en/dictionnaire/246-needa (accessed 2026-10-18)

BibTeX

@misc{moctarneeda,
  author = {Hamadine AG MOCTAR},
  title = {{Néeda (Here)}},
  howpublished = {Tadaksahak–French–English–Arabic dictionary},
  url = {https://hamadine-services.net/en/dictionnaire/246-needa},
  urldate = {2026-10-18}
}

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80 3.1.5.2 Spatio-temporal The three most important deictic adverbs (and adverbial phrases) are listed below. (56) Spatio-temporal adverbs néeda here sénda ~ asénda there marád-óoda now néeda ‘here’ has a cognate in KCH /nee daa/ ‘right here’. The distal counterpart sénda ~ asénda ‘there’ seems to go back partly to Tamasheq. Prasse et al. (2003:727) list /sen/ ‘towards there, in that direction’ Added on this element is the emphatic particle da ‘exactly’. For the demonstrative …

Christiansen-Bolli (2010), A Grammar of Tadaksahak, a Northern Songhay Language of Mali, p. 98
… iscourse) flew from her heart… áyda occurs most frequently with né ‘place’ to indicate a temporal ‘now’ or a spatial ‘here’. Acoustically this is very close to néeda ‘here’ [néːda] while n(e) áyda is pronounced [néjda]. In texts the two expressions are sometimes interchangeable but in deictic use they are clearly distinct from each other, i.e., néeda gives a very specific place while n(e) áyda is close by but not a specific spot (see second line (11)b). Sometimes when h(e) ‘t …

Christiansen-Bolli (2010), A Grammar of Tadaksahak, a Northern Songhay Language of Mali, p. 168

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