Tarra

Noun n.

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Français: Brousse
English: Bush
العربية: غابة

Source : the site’s first dictionary (Nature)

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Hamadine AG MOCTAR (n.d.). Tarra (Bush). Tadaksahak–French–English–Arabic dictionary. https://hamadine-services.net/en/dictionnaire/284-tarra (accessed 2026-10-18)

BibTeX

@misc{moctartarra,
  author = {Hamadine AG MOCTAR},
  title = {{Tarra (Bush)}},
  howpublished = {Tadaksahak–French–English–Arabic dictionary},
  url = {https://hamadine-services.net/en/dictionnaire/284-tarra},
  urldate = {2026-10-18}
}

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… thing) keení ŋ guná dream (Lit: sleep’s seeing) sleep GEN see.VN ʒéemi nn áwdǝʃ blacksmith GEN ox gánda ɲ caráy ground GEN friend gánda ŋ karfú ground GEN rope tárra nn ízzay bush GEN son praying mantis (Lit: ox of the blacksmith) snake, sp. (Lit: friend of the ground) grass snake (Lit: rope of the ground) lion (Lit: son of the bush) Some of these expressions are clearly euphemisms for animals that should not be called by their names. A restricted number of nouns take a prepo …

Christiansen-Bolli (2010), A Grammar of Tadaksahak, a Northern Songhay Language of Mali, p. 135
… and need to be expressed as in ‘thirst found me’ (95). Many functions of the body are expressed with intransitive verbs (96). (92) a) a₌b-didá 3s₌IMPERF-walk [tárra ka]. bush LOC he walks in the bush/deserted location b) a₌mmǝṭṭǝkwi 3s₌move.on [néeda here he moved on from here c) a₌yyíʃif 3s₌swim [a-ɣázar SG-pond he swam in the pond (93) a) a₌b-gorá 3s₌IMPERF-sit ka]. [gánda ground a₌yyíniʃtaga[gánda 3s₌lie.on.side LOC LOC he sits on the ground b) ka]. ka]. LOC ka]. ground L …

Christiansen-Bolli (2010), A Grammar of Tadaksahak, a Northern Songhay Language of Mali, p. 200

Tarra

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