ceena

Noun n.

Translations

Français: Petit(e), cadet(te)
English: Younger sibling
العربية: أخ/أخت أصغر

Source : the site’s first dictionary (Family)

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Reference

Hamadine AG MOCTAR (n.d.). ceena (Younger sibling). Tadaksahak–French–English–Arabic dictionary. https://hamadine-services.net/en/dictionnaire/426-ceena (accessed 2026-10-18)

BibTeX

@misc{moctarceena,
  author = {Hamadine AG MOCTAR},
  title = {{ceena (Younger sibling)}},
  howpublished = {Tadaksahak–French–English–Arabic dictionary},
  url = {https://hamadine-services.net/en/dictionnaire/426-ceena},
  urldate = {2026-10-18}
}

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… CH: hun KS: huru/a KCH: kuu W: mӑnsӑw W: ǝṛǝw W: ǝsḳǝw W: ihu In the case of a-final verbs, the two vowels are coalesced: (66) final -a Tadak with suffix gloss ceená diŋgá ceenán diŋgán be small / small forgetfulness / to forget Songhay KCH ciina dinaa The rare verbs that end in /o/ have different behavior (see also 2.4.1.10.1.1). (67) final -o Tadak with suffix gloss babó kó(y) babón kón ~ koyán monán ‘be numerous/many’ ‘to leave there’ Songhay KCH bobo ‘much’ koy ‘to hear t …

Christiansen-Bolli (2010), A Grammar of Tadaksahak, a Northern Songhay Language of Mali, p. 58
… koskós to cut in pieces mún to throw out munmún to throw out (repeatedly) cidáy to be red cidícidi to be very red kóoray to be white korókoray to be very white ceená to be small cinícina to be very small báqbaq The disyllabic roots shown in (b) above reduplicate the initial CVC. A copy vowel is inserted to link to the complete second segment. All

Christiansen-Bolli (2010), A Grammar of Tadaksahak, a Northern Songhay Language of Mali, p. 86

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