Cén

Verb vt.

Translations

Français: Construire
English: To construct
العربية: يبني

Source : the site’s first dictionary (Labile verbs)

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Hamadine AG MOCTAR (n.d.). Cén (To construct). Tadaksahak–French–English–Arabic dictionary. https://hamadine-services.net/en/dictionnaire/70-cen (accessed 2026-10-18)

BibTeX

@misc{moctarconstruct,
  author = {Hamadine AG MOCTAR},
  title = {{Cén (To construct)}},
  howpublished = {Tadaksahak–French–English–Arabic dictionary},
  url = {https://hamadine-services.net/en/dictionnaire/70-cen},
  urldate = {2026-10-18}
}

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… and passive other forms cognate gloss (49) break (leg) digdig zerẓa digdig ărẓu to break (50) break (thing) baq zerẓa16 baq ărẓu to break terẓa (51) construct cen sekres cen amakras ǝkṛǝs to build/construct ‘baby’ (52) cook hina seseŋa hina amasaŋa isaŋ he cooked ‘cook’ (53) dig fas zeɣez fas ǝɣǝz to dig teɣez (54) dress dab silsa dab iselsa ălsu to be dressed ‘clothes’ (55) fill ṭon setker ṭon itkar he filled (56) pour dudu sesenɣel dudu ǝnɣǝl to pour (57) reach ṭaw suwud ṭ …

Christiansen & Christiansen (2002), Some verb morphology features of Tadaksahak, or: Berber or Songhay, this is the question, p. 13
… is given. gloss IMP to break (leg) dígdig ẓ-ǝrẓá to break (thing) báq causative ẓ-ǝrẓá passive gloss (passive) t-ǝrẓá to approach mán ẓ-ǝhǝẓ(-kat) to construct cén ṣ-ǝkṛǝṣ to cook hiná sǝ-ss-ǝŋŋa to cut kós ʃ-ǝɣdǝʃ t-ǝɣdǝʃ to dig fás z-ǝɣǝz t-ǝɣǝz to distance from mór ṣ-ǝgǝg to dress dáb s-ǝlsá to fill ṭón s-ǝtkǝr to give birth háy ʃí-ʃʃ-ǝṛu to pour dudú sǝ-ss-ǝnɣǝl to pound dút ʒ-íidiʒ to untie fer ʃi-ʃúw-ǝṛa to reach ṭáw ṣǝ-ṣṣ-ǝwǝḍ to sow ṭáatab ẓ-ǝẓmi to moisten ṭáy s-ǝbdǝ …

Christiansen-Bolli (2010), A Grammar of Tadaksahak, a Northern Songhay Language of Mali, p. 329
… for sb’ KCH:63 — n. call pl. caw caw--én cáy n. leg, foot; (car) wheel ◀ cee ‘foot, leg’ KCH:56; KS:63 pl. c-en caycáy vt. to weave (mat) ◀ key ‘weave’ KCH:163 cén vi. to be pitched (tent), to be constructed (house) — vt. to pitch (tent), to construct (house) ◀ cen ‘build, erect (housing)’ KCH:57; cin ‘build (house)’ KS:69 ceená vi. to be small, young ◀ ciina ‘be small, young, infrequent, rare, sparse’ KCH:60 — vt. to make small — n. small size mó céena n. jackal ci interroga …

Christiansen-Bolli (2010), A Grammar of Tadaksahak, a Northern Songhay Language of Mali, p. 342

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