Surgóy

Noun n.

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Français: Épouse, femme
English: Wife; woman
العربية: زوجة، امرأة

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

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Hamadine AG MOCTAR (n.d.). Surgóy (Wife; woman). Tadaksahak–French–English–Arabic dictionary. https://hamadine-services.net/en/dictionnaire/258-surgoy (accessed 2026-10-18)

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@misc{moctarsurgoy,
  author = {Hamadine AG MOCTAR},
  title = {{Surgóy (Wife; woman)}},
  howpublished = {Tadaksahak–French–English–Arabic dictionary},
  url = {https://hamadine-services.net/en/dictionnaire/258-surgoy},
  urldate = {2026-10-18}
}

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14 des verbes sans pronom enclitique, comme dans les clauses relatives indéfinies, par exemple surgóy ǝb₌dút "une femme (qui) pile". Les emprunts à des langues comportant des groupes de consonnes initiales sont resyllabisés pour se conformer au système, par exemple baruwét "brouette" < français : "brouette" [bruɛt] ou faróʒe "projet (n)" < français : "projet" [prɔʒɛ]. Groupes de mots avec consonnes différentes Les groupes internes au mot avec des consonnes différentes sont tr …

Ag Abdoussalam (s. d.), Structure grammaticale d’un parler berbéro-songhay du nord-est malien (tadaksahak) : éléments de linguistique, p. 14
… owel is added preceding the cluster. This is for example the case in clauses with verbs that have no pronoun enclitic, as in indefinite relative clauses, e.g., surgóy ǝb₌dút ‘a woman (who is) pounding’ Loans from languages with initial consonant clusters are resyllabified to conform to the system, e.g., baruwét ‘wheelbarrow’ < French: ‘brouette’ [bruɛt] or faróʒe ‘project (n) < French: ‘projet’ [prɔʒɛ].

Christiansen-Bolli (2010), A Grammar of Tadaksahak, a Northern Songhay Language of Mali, p. 34
32 3s.EMP FOC-IMPERF-hold₌3s aɣo yyáhag-an the one that lasted surgóy aɣo bb-ǝddǝr the woman he is married to cí wwí₌a Who killed him/her/it? cí bb-ǝddǝr₌a Who is married to her? DET last-ADJZR woman DET IMPERF-hold what/who kill₌3s what/who IMPERF-hold₌3s 2.4.1.8 Word-final V-shortening In word-final position the contrast of vowel length is neutralized. The following examples illustrate this point. Adding the plural morpheme permits the realization of what could be considere …

Christiansen-Bolli (2010), A Grammar of Tadaksahak, a Northern Songhay Language of Mali, p. 49

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