wâw

Noun n.

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Français: Insulte
English: insult
العربية: شتيمة

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.). wâw (insult). Tadaksahak–French–English–Arabic dictionary. https://hamadine-services.net/en/dictionnaire/664-waw (accessed 2026-10-18)

BibTeX

@misc{moctarinsult,
  author = {Hamadine AG MOCTAR},
  title = {{wâw (insult)}},
  howpublished = {Tadaksahak–French–English–Arabic dictionary},
  url = {https://hamadine-services.net/en/dictionnaire/664-waw},
  urldate = {2026-10-18}
}

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… [baˈren] ‘child / children’. 2.2.3.7 Glides y and w Both are found in all environments and can be geminated. (11) Examples with /w/ and /y/ wa awíci Awwa áwrum waw yaw ayyár yaynáy caráy to heal bracelet personal name pit of jujube to curse female camel moon / month to be new friend 2.2.4 Consonant clusters 2.2.4.1 Word initial clusters The word initial cluster ‘nasal’ + ‘C’ that is allowed in Mainstream Songhay is not found in Tadaksahak. The Songhay word /nda/ ‘and / with’ …

Christiansen-Bolli (2010), A Grammar of Tadaksahak, a Northern Songhay Language of Mali, p. 34
… áfraw áfr-an ~ í-fr-an feather; wing cíidaw cíid-an bird léelaw léel-an speech a-máaṛaw Monosyllabic Songhay cognates do not lose the final /w/, i.e. ‘insult’ wâw / wáaw-en ‘female camel’ yáw / yaaw-én. /y/ final nouns show more variety in behavior than the /w/ final nouns described above. For Songhay cognates the suffix /-en/ is expected. This is illustrated under (a) below. But there are Tamasheq cognates that also take this suffix as shown under (b). (89) Stems dropping - …

Christiansen-Bolli (2010), A Grammar of Tadaksahak, a Northern Songhay Language of Mali, p. 119

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