Wǝrtilla

Other spellings : wertilla

Particle particule

Translations

Français: Il n'y a pas (emphatique)
English: There is not (emphatic)
العربية: ليس هناك (تأكيد)

Source : the site’s first dictionary (Negation)

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Reference

Hamadine AG MOCTAR (n.d.). Wǝrtilla (There is not (emphatic)). Tadaksahak–French–English–Arabic dictionary. https://hamadine-services.net/en/dictionnaire/311-wertilla (accessed 2026-10-18)

BibTeX

@misc{moctarwrtilla,
  author = {Hamadine AG MOCTAR},
  title = {{Wǝrtilla (There is not (emphatic))}},
  howpublished = {Tadaksahak–French–English–Arabic dictionary},
  url = {https://hamadine-services.net/en/dictionnaire/311-wertilla},
  urldate = {2026-10-18}
}

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… re also part of the locational predications described in the paragraph below (4.4.4). A different way to express the non-existence of something is the particle wǝrtilla ‘there is not’. This particle has been taken over unanalyzed from Tamasheq /wǽr₌t i-lla/ ‘there is not’ (Heath 2006:588). The syntax of wǝrtilla is different from that of phrases with ʃi. The particle precedes the negated noun similar to the negation of identity shown above (example (174)). (184) iddá ǝmmǝs-ká …

Christiansen-Bolli (2010), A Grammar of Tadaksahak, a Northern Songhay Language of Mali, p. 239
225 Syntax positive negative identity no marker wiji + N existence N + báara ‘be’ N + ʃí / wǝrtilla + N location báara + L ‘be in’ ʃí + L keedí + L ‘be (high) on’ keení + L ka ‘lie on’ possessive máy ‘have’ NEG-may

Christiansen-Bolli (2010), A Grammar of Tadaksahak, a Northern Songhay Language of Mali, p. 243

Wǝrtilla

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