Ciday

Adjective adj.

Translations

Français: Rouge
English: Red
العربية: أحمر

Source : the site’s first dictionary (Adjectives)

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Hamadine AG MOCTAR (n.d.). Ciday (Red). Tadaksahak–French–English–Arabic dictionary. https://hamadine-services.net/en/dictionnaire/60-ciday (accessed 2026-10-18)

BibTeX

@misc{moctarciday,
  author = {Hamadine AG MOCTAR},
  title = {{Ciday (Red)}},
  howpublished = {Tadaksahak–French–English–Arabic dictionary},
  url = {https://hamadine-services.net/en/dictionnaire/60-ciday},
  urldate = {2026-10-18}
}

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… and káykay to stroll (stop many times) háw to attach háwhaw to attach many kós to cut 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
… ) verb fact of being gloss verb ɣagál t-a-ɣágal-t to be fair colored dabár t-a-dábar-t to be grey ʃamlál t-a-ʃámlal-t to be blond cawál t-a-cáwal-t to be clear cíday t-a-cíday-t ~ cíday to be red The following nominalization patterns are not linked to specific semantics; it is rather the shape of the verb root that has some influence on the choice of the nominalization pattern. Abstract nouns as well as very concrete items can result from such nominalizations. (105) Other nom …

Christiansen-Bolli (2010), A Grammar of Tadaksahak, a Northern Songhay Language of Mali, p. 131
… and ‘a big tree’ are new to the story. (45) har zarodi amanokal a-Ø-na ayn temgaden se ilanken till day.DET chief 3S-PERF-give 3S.GEN daughters BEN ribbons [# ciday-enen]. be.red-ADJZ.PL …until the day the chief gave his daughters red ribbons (ribbons that were red). (46) Tabuɣant a-Ø-koy tugudu fo [# ber-i] n ciday. old.sheep 3S-PERF-go tree INDEF be.big-ADJZ GEN N:under The old sheep went under a big tree (a tree that was big).

Christiansen & Levinsohn (2003), Relative Clauses in Tadaksahak, p. 11

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