hijjí

Noun n.

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Français: Pilon
English: pestle
العربية: مدقة

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.). hijjí (pestle). Tadaksahak–French–English–Arabic dictionary. https://hamadine-services.net/en/dictionnaire/604-hijji (accessed 2026-10-18)

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@misc{moctarhijji,
  author = {Hamadine AG MOCTAR},
  title = {{hijjí (pestle)}},
  howpublished = {Tadaksahak–French–English–Arabic dictionary},
  url = {https://hamadine-services.net/en/dictionnaire/604-hijji},
  urldate = {2026-10-18}
}

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… Nous n'avons aucune preuve de leur présence en position finale de mot ou de syllabe, sauf lorsqu'ils font partie d'une consonne géminée, comme par exemple dans hijjí 'pilon'. Les exemples suivants illustrent des alternances dans lesquelles /c/ en position initiale de syllabe devant une voyelle antérieure alterne avec /k/ devant une voyelle postérieure ou en position finale de syllabe. Alternances entre /c, j/ et /k, g/

Ag Abdoussalam (s. d.), Structure grammaticale d’un parler berbéro-songhay du nord-est malien (tadaksahak) : éléments de linguistique, p. 10
… es c [ʧ] and j [ʤ]. We have no evidence of them in word-final or syllable-final position, except when they are part of a geminated consonant, as for example in hijjí ‘piston’. The following examples illustrate alternations in which /c/ in syllable initial position before a front vowel alternates with /k/ before a back vowel or in syllable final position. (4) Alternations between /c, j/ and /k, g/ irkána kúṛukud húgu gá tǝzǝkwin íhǝktan yígmǝk hyenas to have shame tent / house …

Christiansen-Bolli (2010), A Grammar of Tadaksahak, a Northern Songhay Language of Mali, p. 31
… g’ KCH:123 pl. hé--tan h-én; hé héw vi. to cry ◀ hee ‘weep, whine’ KCH:124 Gundam: hew heew--én héw n. wind ◀ hew ‘wind, air current’ KCH:125 pl. heew hijj--én hijjí n. pestle ◀ hinje ‘pestle’ hinje-yje ‘small pestle’ KCH:127 pl. hijj hill--én hillí n. horn ◀ hilli ‘horn’ KCH:126 pl. hill hímay vi. to be washed — vt. to wash, to develop (photos) ◀ himey ‘take a bath; wash (e.g. hands)’ KCH:126 — n. washing hín vi. to excel in sth ◀ hin ‘be competent, master, be able to do’ KC …

Christiansen-Bolli (2010), A Grammar of Tadaksahak, a Northern Songhay Language of Mali, p. 347

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