sáawa

Verb vi.

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Français: Ressembler
English: to resemble
العربية: شابه

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.). sáawa (to resemble). Tadaksahak–French–English–Arabic dictionary. https://hamadine-services.net/en/dictionnaire/647-saawa (accessed 2026-10-18)

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@misc{moctarsaawa,
  author = {Hamadine AG MOCTAR},
  title = {{sáawa (to resemble)}},
  howpublished = {Tadaksahak–French–English–Arabic dictionary},
  url = {https://hamadine-services.net/en/dictionnaire/647-saawa},
  urldate = {2026-10-18}
}

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… ubject in the singular, a complement is needed to be grammatically correct. Examples: (19) a) i-b-zóɣ. 3p-IMPERF-fight.verbally they fight (each other). b) i-b-saawá. 3p-IMPERF-look.alike they look alike (like each other). The examples in our corpus with marked reciprocals exceed by far the few unmarked roots. 3.1.3.3.2 Morphologically marked reciprocals and middles The morphemes found to express reciprocal or middle meanings are the following. (20) Reciprocal morphemes m(ǝ)r …

Christiansen-Bolli (2010), A Grammar of Tadaksahak, a Northern Songhay Language of Mali, p. 78
195 Syntax haŋgá pass haŋg(á) ǝnda X accompany X sáawa look alike sáaw(a) ǝnda X look like X m-ǝqqǝs meet m-ǝqqǝs ǝnda X meet X s-ǝgdá be equal s-ǝgd(á) ǝnda X equal X ẓǝláy be different ẓǝláy ǝnda X be different from X As a complement of certain movement verbs, ǝnda serves as a directional preposition and can then be translated with ‘in the direction of’. (See 3.2.7.8) A special case is the verb dá ‘make’ with an ǝnda-complement. The direct object is maintained and the compl …

Christiansen-Bolli (2010), A Grammar of Tadaksahak, a Northern Songhay Language of Mali, p. 213

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