Bíibi

Verb vi.

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Français: Être noir
English: Black, to be
العربية: يكون أسود

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

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Hamadine AG MOCTAR (n.d.). Bíibi (Black, to be). Tadaksahak–French–English–Arabic dictionary. https://hamadine-services.net/en/dictionnaire/46-biibi (accessed 2026-10-18)

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@misc{moctarbiibi,
  author = {Hamadine AG MOCTAR},
  title = {{Bíibi (Black, to be)}},
  howpublished = {Tadaksahak–French–English–Arabic dictionary},
  url = {https://hamadine-services.net/en/dictionnaire/46-biibi},
  urldate = {2026-10-18}
}

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… r detacher Bún la mort fun percer Ʒiibíitan saletés jíifatan cadavres Ábram turban áfraw Ail Ṣǝṭǝb verser du loutre ṣǝṭef cracher B/d báy connaitre Day acheter Bíibi noir biidí os Yibrár être mauvais yídraɣ décorer

Ag Abdoussalam (s. d.), Structure grammaticale d’un parler berbéro-songhay du nord-est malien (tadaksahak) : éléments de linguistique, p. 6
… int. L'ajout du morphème du pluriel permet la réalisation de ce qui pourrait être considéré comme une Voyelle longue sous-jacent : Singulier Pluriel Sens en Fr Bíibi bitigíitan boutiques Ħáaʃi ħáaʃitan os (sorte de) Fǝṛḍǝḍḍé fǝṛḍǝḍḍéetan chauves-souris Íizac izácenan garçons Tǝgna tǝgnáatin reproches Kǝrtǝba kǝrtǝbatan pantalon Heebú heebúutan marchés Bukturú bukturútan crapauds Kádago kadagóotan arbre, sp. Aróoko aróokotan selle (sorte de) Notez que dans tous les exemples ci …

Ag Abdoussalam (s. d.), Structure grammaticale d’un parler berbéro-songhay du nord-est malien (tadaksahak) : éléments de linguistique, p. 25
… icing and adjacent points of articulations are given. (3) C b/m b/f b/d Contrasts with consonants báy bún abáktaw áblaɣ alʒíb bér bún ʒiibíitan ábram ṣǝṭǝb báy bíibi gloss to know to die old cushion chunk of earth pocket to be big to die dirt (pl) white turban to put on a belt to know to be black máy mún amákṭaṛ ámlay ajím fér fún jíifatan áfraw ṣǝṭef dáy biidí gloss to own to throw out leaving the well meat (kind of) thousand to open to pierce corpses feather / wing to spit …

Christiansen-Bolli (2010), A Grammar of Tadaksahak, a Northern Songhay Language of Mali, p. 27
… causativized. The causative forms show very different roots, recognizable as Tamasheq cognates containing the causative sibilant prefix. (1) ŋa eat ʃ-íkʃa feed bíibi be black s-ǝkwǝl make black Similarly, in Mainstream Songhay the reciprocal construction uses the indefinite singular noun ‘friend, mate’ (Heath, 1999a:357):

Christiansen-Bolli (2010), A Grammar of Tadaksahak, a Northern Songhay Language of Mali, p. 67

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