Yiwál

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• 115 Morphology verb noun t-a-sǝ-ɣfǝl-t gloss verb to lock gloss noun lock yískǝl t-a-sǝ-ksǝl-t to shovel up shovel yiwál t-a-sǝ-wǝl-t to be sharp (knife) sharpener ṣǝ-ṣkǝṛ t-a-ṣǝ-ṣkǝṛ-t to put on its base holder for milkbowl sǝ-smǝd t-a-sǝ-smǝt-t to be pointed yíɣfǝl b) s.th. pointed Note the inversion of the /s/ with /k/ in the stem of the noun derived from yískǝl. The verbal form with the causative prefix shows the same behavior s-ǝksǝl. One stem was found that does not tak …

  Christiansen-Bolli (2010), A Grammar of Tadaksahak, a Northern Songhay Language of Mali, p. 133

• … cí scratch, to vt. z-ǝkmǝz scratch, to vi. kúkku kúkkuʒ ʒ-it see, to vt. guná seed n. áa áaḍǝm ḍǝm sew, to vt. ṭaatab sewing n. ṭaatab sharp (knife), to be vi. yiwál short, to be vi. gazúl sight n. guná sing, to idiom d(a) á á--ṣṣak sit, to vi. goorá sitting n. goorá skin n. kuurú sky npl. i-ʒínn ʒínn--an sleep n. keení sleep, to vi. keení small size n. ceená small, to be vi. ceená small, to make vt. ceená smell sth., to idiom mammaní kár borá 318 road n. t-a-dáqat dáqat--t r …

  Christiansen-Bolli (2010), A Grammar of Tadaksahak, a Northern Songhay Language of Mali, p. 336