ma-

Prefix préfixe

Translations

Français: Nominalisateur d'agent
English: Agent nominalizer
العربية: صيغة اسم الفاعل

Source : the site’s first dictionary (Grammar)

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Reference

Hamadine AG MOCTAR (n.d.). ma- (Agent nominalizer). Tadaksahak–French–English–Arabic dictionary. https://hamadine-services.net/en/dictionnaire/471-ma (accessed 2026-10-18)

BibTeX

@misc{moctaragent,
  author = {Hamadine AG MOCTAR},
  title = {{ma- (Agent nominalizer)}},
  howpublished = {Tadaksahak–French–English–Arabic dictionary},
  url = {https://hamadine-services.net/en/dictionnaire/471-ma},
  urldate = {2026-10-18}
}

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110 3.2.4.2 Actor nominalization Tadaksahak uses a prefix for actor nominalization. The default prefix is ma- with an allomorph na- for stems that contain a labial consonant (/b/, /f/ or /m/). In addition to the prefix many stems change the vowels into /a/ sounds. Semantically the “actors” can be human, animate (animals) or an item that acts on humans. Descriptive verb stems with the prefix designate beings with the characteristics of the verb. When action verbs are prefixed …

Christiansen-Bolli (2010), A Grammar of Tadaksahak, a Northern Songhay Language of Mali, p. 128
… suffix 3.2.5 kud ‘if’ after verbs of cognition 4.3.10.4 kullú ‘each’ 4.1.6 m- subjunctive prefix 3.1.4.2; 4.2.2 m(ǝ)-/n(ǝ)- middle/reciprocal prefix 3.1.3.3.2 ma-/na- actor nominalizer prefix 3.2.4.2 man ‘which’ 4.7.3.3; 4.7.3.3.5-7

Christiansen-Bolli (2010), A Grammar of Tadaksahak, a Northern Songhay Language of Mali, p. 361

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