Tóndi

Noun n.

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Français: Batterie, pierre, roche
English: Battery; stone; rock
العربية: بطارية، حجر، صخر

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

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Hamadine AG MOCTAR (n.d.). Tóndi (Battery; stone; rock). Tadaksahak–French–English–Arabic dictionary. https://hamadine-services.net/en/dictionnaire/300-tondi (accessed 2026-10-18)

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@misc{moctartondi,
  author = {Hamadine AG MOCTAR},
  title = {{Tóndi (Battery; stone; rock)}},
  howpublished = {Tadaksahak–French–English–Arabic dictionary},
  url = {https://hamadine-services.net/en/dictionnaire/300-tondi},
  urldate = {2026-10-18}
}

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7 (13) Tondi a-Ø-se-gertetef a. stone 3s-TAM-CAUS-stumble 3s ‘A stone made him stumble.’ Songhay (Gao) Tadaksahak Tamasheq korgay ‘to sit behind’ lenkem ‘to sit behind’ lănkăm ‘to sit behind’ selenkem ‘to make sit behind’ (14) Aɣa-b-lenkem a se 1s-TAM-sit.behind 3s BEN ‘I sit behind him.’ (15) A-Ø-se-lenkem ayn surgay 3s-TAM-CAUS-sit.behind 3s.GEN woman ‘He made his wife sit behind (on a camel).’ 2.3.4. Verb roots beginning with “y-” We can observe that the inital consonant “ …

Christiansen & Christiansen (2002), Some verb morphology features of Tadaksahak, or: Berber or Songhay, this is the question, p. 7
314 Wordlist: English - Tadaksahak at (somebody’s) postp. daw B - b back (bodypart) n. a-rúuru bad adj. agar bad, to be vi. yibrár bark n. barjí battery n. ṭóndi because conj. igdá ~ iddá ~ íd before s.b. noun phrase. mo ka. beginning n. baŋg baŋgú ú belly n. guŋg guŋgú ú big, to be vi. bêr big, to make vt. bêr bird (general) n. cíidaw C - c carve (wooden spoon), to vt. kár child n. báarar cloud npl. nuun nuun--én cold (weather) n. fufú come, to vi. kóy kóy--kat count, to vt. …

Christiansen-Bolli (2010), A Grammar of Tadaksahak, a Northern Songhay Language of Mali, p. 332
… , to idiom káy béena stay, to vi. goorá stepfather n. babá fumbú stepmother n. naná fumbú stick sth. into, to vt. yír yírẓi ẓi stick (wooden) n. bundú stone n. ṭóndi stony elevation n. ṭóndi stop, to vi. káy straight, to be vi. yá yáʕad ʕad suck, to vt. sǝmǝm sun n. wayní swim, to vi. yí yíʃǝf ʃǝf swollen, to be vi. hǝḍǝdi

Christiansen-Bolli (2010), A Grammar of Tadaksahak, a Northern Songhay Language of Mali, p. 336
… ALI50 Tannal « Après l’attaque de six boutiques au marché et des enlèvements courant 1991, les casseurs sont revenus pour la sixième boutique en 1992, celle de Tondi qui n’avait pas cédé avant. Ils ont tiré en l’air, pendant une heure de temps, pour effrayer les populations. Ils ont fait ce qu’ils voulaient puis sont repartis sans être inquiétés. » Mohomodu Arukanjé Maïga, chef de village, Bara le 27/10/1998 (83) Violences intercommunautaires et résistances à la rupture (1994 …

Grémont et al. (2004), Les liens sociaux au Nord-Mali. Entre fleuve et dunes. Récits et témoignages, p. 50

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