wáy

Noun n.

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Français: Femme, femelle
English: woman, female
العربية: امرأة، أنثى

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.). wáy (woman, female). Tadaksahak–French–English–Arabic dictionary. https://hamadine-services.net/en/dictionnaire/665-way (accessed 2026-10-18)

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@misc{moctarwoman,
  author = {Hamadine AG MOCTAR},
  title = {{wáy (woman, female)}},
  howpublished = {Tadaksahak–French–English–Arabic dictionary},
  url = {https://hamadine-services.net/en/dictionnaire/665-way},
  urldate = {2026-10-18}
}

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… lmáħa tapis de jeu tasáhart porte alħál comportement álham angoisse w/b wá guérir bá particule impérative Áwwa nom pers ábba papa ṭáw atteindre dáb couvrir w/y wáy femelle yay fraîcheur Yaawén chamelles yaayén fraicheurs (pl) aryén l’eau arwén des hommes yáy fraicheur yáw chamelle l/d lǝbǝk maigre dǝbǝt être capable ámlay viande sans graisse ámdaɣ girafe yél herbe verte yéd retourner l/r yílmaɣ plonger yírmaɣ avoir peur yíɣlǝf garder yíɣrǝf attacher (tambour) téefalt pièce d’ …

Ag Abdoussalam (s. d.), Structure grammaticale d’un parler berbéro-songhay du nord-est malien (tadaksahak) : éléments de linguistique, p. 9
… rontières des mots Pronom possessif + nom Sens Aɣa₌m báarar mon enfant Aɣá₌m farká mon âne Aɣa₌n táŋgud ma fille Aɣá₌ɲ caráy mon ami Aɣá₌ŋ karfú ma corde Aɣá₌ŋ way ma femme Aɣá₌ɴ qaarán mes études Nasalisation à proximité de /n/ Lorsqu'il est suivi d'une sibilante, le /n/ est le plus souvent réalisé comme une nasalisation de la voyelle qui le précède. La voyelle précédente, par exemple : Nasalisation lorsque /n/ précède une sibilante Mots Sens en Fr Yíṇṣi supplier Aɣáʃinʃa os …

Ag Abdoussalam (s. d.), Structure grammaticale d’un parler berbéro-songhay du nord-est malien (tadaksahak) : éléments de linguistique, p. 20
… ribed as “langue mixte” (Lacroix 1971), this language presents features of Songhay and Berber languages. The observations discussed in this paper deal with the way voice changes are handled. In particular, it shows how the causative is formed. The causative morpheme S(V)- is of Berber origin and prefixed to the verb root as in Berber languages, whereas Songhay suffixes the causative morpheme that is of a very different form (-andi). But only verb roots that are also etymologi …

Christiansen & Christiansen (2002), Some verb morphology features of Tadaksahak, or: Berber or Songhay, this is the question, p. 3
… 3p-TAM-CAUS-REC.fight 3s.GEN billy.goats ‘He made his billy goats fight each other.’ Verbal roots from Songhay also differ from verbs with Berber roots in the way they are nominalized. Berber roots are typically marked with a change in syllable pattern and vowels. 6While the causative morpheme can be identified as S(V)- in general, this example shows that double marking is also possible, a phenomena for which we have not yet found a satisfactory explanation.

Christiansen & Christiansen (2002), Some verb morphology features of Tadaksahak, or: Berber or Songhay, this is the question, p. 9
… bǝs zǝzǝl tamázaq éezaw yízgǝg yízlǝg xúruru axárxar yíxrǝk x/ħ ħ/ʕ ħ/h w/b w/y yímsax xátim axáruk yíxdǝm yímsax alħál aláaħit ħáaʃi talmáħa alħál wá áwwa ṭáw wáy to join (string) jumping on (n) ax (kind of) devil to appease fonio, sp. excrement (k.o.) tortoise to support nests (bird) to exhaust to drive dispute heron, sp. to play around to carry on shoulder to have large holes tearing apart (n) to lose one’s way to sniff (water) pers. name creation to work to sniff (water) …

Christiansen-Bolli (2010), A Grammar of Tadaksahak, a Northern Songhay Language of Mali, p. 29

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