a-ffó

Numeral num.

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Français: Un (l'un… l'autre)
English: one (and the other)
العربية: واحد (أحدهما)

Source : Christiansen-Bolli (2010), annexe IV — French and Arabic meanings translated from English, to be checked by the community

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Hamadine AG MOCTAR (n.d.). a-ffó (one (and the other)). Tadaksahak–French–English–Arabic dictionary. https://hamadine-services.net/en/dictionnaire/551-a-ffo (accessed 2026-10-18)

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@misc{moctaraffo,
  author = {Hamadine AG MOCTAR},
  title = {{a-ffó (one (and the other))}},
  howpublished = {Tadaksahak–French–English–Arabic dictionary},
  url = {https://hamadine-services.net/en/dictionnaire/551-a-ffo},
  urldate = {2026-10-18}
}

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… contrairement au touareg, les noms des nombres en tadaksahak ne sont pas marqués par le genre : Chiffres Tadaksahak API Commentaires Touareg API Commentaires 1 a-ffó / (fóo-da) [a-f : o] songhoy iyyǎ n [ij:ɐn] Mot de la langue 2 Hiŋká [hiŋká] " " əssin [əs :in] " " 3 kaaṛáḍ [karaɖ] touareg kaaṛáḍ [karaɖ] " " 4 akkóz [ak:ʐ] " " akkóz [ak:ʐ] " "

Ag Agouzoum, Hamadou et Ag Abdoussalam (s. d.), Éléments linguistiques du berbère sud et du songhoy septentrional : perspectives historiques en Afrique subsaharienne pour une approche éducative bilingue, p. 14
… ess ‘all included’. (136) a) i₌yyídu-kat 3₌assemble-VEN kamululáhi wala absolutly.all without they were absolutely all assembled. b) a₌gór i-mǝnóokal-an wal(a) á-ffo. 3s₌must without PL-ruler-PL báarar child i₌f-túwa-s-úku 3p₌IMPERF-PASS-CAUS-call.BND SG-one all the chiefs without exception had to be summoned. c) s(a) i₌ggár₌i COMP 3p₌find₌3p i₌kkós 3p₌cut wal(a)₌á. without₌3s it was found that they were cut without (exception). The last example has no noun following wala. Th …

Christiansen-Bolli (2010), A Grammar of Tadaksahak, a Northern Songhay Language of Mali, p. 146
… fix is also present when the word is used in isolation, i.e., when listing the numerals. This is shown by the brackets on the list below. (159) Numerals number a-ffó / (a-f)fóo-da 3.2.9.2 gloss 1 hiŋká 2 kaaṛáḍ 3 akkóz 4 ʃammúʃ 5 ʃaaḍíʃ 6 iʃʃá 7 iṭṭám 8 ṭaaṣá 9 maaṛá 10 táaʃinda 20 ṭ-ǝ-méedi 100 a-jím 1000 Compound numerals The multiples of ten higher than twenty are built by juxtaposition. This kind of compounding is not found elsewhere in the language. It seems to be a impo …

Christiansen-Bolli (2010), A Grammar of Tadaksahak, a Northern Songhay Language of Mali, p. 158
… sédé : borá nn áaɣil, « la main droite d’une personne », là où la tawillimidt dit aɣil n-awadim (p. 39 et 41). Ses noms de nombre sont songhay pour un et deux (a-ffó, hiŋká), touaregs à partir de trois (kaaṛáḍ, akkóz, ʃammúʃ) ; ses pronoms, à la différence de ceux du touareg, ne distinguent pas le genre (p. 40, 42-43). Les auteurs concluent à une compréhension mutuelle limitée entre les deux langues et voient dans le tadaksahak « le résultat d’une fusion linguistique », dont …

MOCTAR (2026), Sur les pistes de ceux d’Ishaq, p. 12
… ﺎﻟا لﻮ ﺣ ،« یﻤﻟا ﺺ ﺤ ﺴﻟا ﺪ » ،nn áaɣil ﺮٔﺎﻤ ﺼﻟ ﺎً لا ﺣ ،ﺎﻫﺮٔﺎﻤ ﺻو ؛(kaaṛáḍ، akkóz، ʃammúʃ) ﻪلاﻟا ںﻣ ً ءاﺪا ﻪارﻮﻃو ،(a-ffó، hiŋká) ںوالا ﺪﺣاﻮﻠﻟ .(p. 40, 42-43) ﺲ ﺤﻟا ﺮّ ﻤ لا ،ﻪارﻮﻄﻟا ںﻮﻜ « ىﻮ ﻌﻟ حﺎﻣﺪا ﻪ ﺤ » ﻫﺎﺴﻛﺪﻟا ی ںوﺮو ود،ﺪﺤﻣ ں ﻌﻠﻟا ں دلﺎﻤﻟا ﻢﻫﺎ ﻟا ںٔا یﻟٕا ںﻮ ﻟٔﻮﻤﻟا ﺺﻠ ﺤو ی ﻪﺮﺮﻟا ﻪﺤﻟا ﻪﻄﻟا ںٔا ىﺮ ى ﺪﻟا ، عاﻮﺳ …

MOCTAR) (2026), على دروبِ أهلِ إسحاق, p. 11

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