caycáy

Verb vt.

Translations

Français: Tisser (une natte)
English: to weave (a mat)
العربية: نسج (حصيرًا)

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.). caycáy (to weave (a mat)). Tadaksahak–French–English–Arabic dictionary. https://hamadine-services.net/en/dictionnaire/568-caycay (accessed 2026-10-18)

BibTeX

@misc{moctarcaycay,
  author = {Hamadine AG MOCTAR},
  title = {{caycáy (to weave (a mat))}},
  howpublished = {Tadaksahak–French–English–Arabic dictionary},
  url = {https://hamadine-services.net/en/dictionnaire/568-caycay},
  urldate = {2026-10-18}
}

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… ) búk-ut tǝbb-ǝt kǝrǝmm-ǝt to cut s.th. dry kǝrǝmkǝrǝm to crumble A number of verb stems only occur as duplications. Both forms with a Songhay background (e.g. cáycay ‘to weave’, cf. KCH key ‘to weave’) and forms with a Tamasheq background belong to this class. Among the CVC-CVC patterned stems, the vowels can be different from schwa. This may indicate that some of these forms are more likely of Songhay stock. See examples under (a) below.

Christiansen-Bolli (2010), A Grammar of Tadaksahak, a Northern Songhay Language of Mali, p. 87
… tems take the default stress for verbs on the ante-penultimate syllable. Illustrations are in (b). (35) Verbs only appearing in a duplicated form stem gloss a) cáycay dǝzdǝz kúfkuf dígdig fǝṛfǝṛ kúŋkun rǝgrǝg lǝflǝf mǝḷmǝḷ to weave (up and down, up and down) to castrate (kind of) to castrate (kind of) to break/split (many small pieces) to rub fast (foot on camel’s neck) to roll up (mat) to tie (tent sticks) together to climb (insects) to wind (through material) b) gǝṛǝẓgǝṛǝẓ …

Christiansen-Bolli (2010), A Grammar of Tadaksahak, a Northern Songhay Language of Mali, p. 88

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