ṭáwway

Noun n.

Translations

Français: (ancienne) esclave, femme (pl. ṭáwwan)
English: (former) female slave
العربية: أمة (سابقا)، امرأة

Source : Christiansen-Bolli (2010), annexe IV, p. 338 — French and Arabic meanings translated from English, to be checked by the community

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Hamadine AG MOCTAR (n.d.). ṭáwway ((former) female slave). Tadaksahak–French–English–Arabic dictionary. https://hamadine-services.net/en/dictionnaire/700-tawway (accessed 2026-10-18)

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@misc{moctartawway,
  author = {Hamadine AG MOCTAR},
  title = {{ṭáwway ((former) female slave)}},
  howpublished = {Tadaksahak–French–English–Arabic dictionary},
  url = {https://hamadine-services.net/en/dictionnaire/700-tawway},
  urldate = {2026-10-18}
}

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… fe-F.SG s/he gave them a knife. Certain causative verbs mark the causee with the dative. (120) a₌ssǝ-ss-ǝŋɣǝl-an 3s₌CAUS-CAUS-pour.BND-ALL báarar child ǝn GEN [táwway servant se] DAT ʒíibi. dirt she made the servant remove the child’s dirt. The postposition is pronounced [sa] when followed by an another pronoun beginning with /a/. For a discussion about n ‘pronoun separator’ and further examples, see 3.2.7.11.2. (121) a₌nn(á) 3s₌give [aɣáy sa] 3s DAT s/he gave it to me. n SEP …

Christiansen-Bolli (2010), A Grammar of Tadaksahak, a Northern Songhay Language of Mali, p. 141
… tination), to reach, to attain ◀ too ‘arrive (at destination), reach, attain; be equal to, be worth; (time of day, date, season) arrive; be enough for’ KCH:241 ṭáwway n. (former) female slave [taa(m) + way?] ◀ tam ‘slave, subject’ ṭáww--an KCH:232 pl. ṭáww ṭay vi. to be wet; to be green (grass) ◀ tey ‘get wet’ KCH:238 — vt. to make wet — n. wetness ṭón vi. to be full ◀ ton ‘be full; fill; fullness’ KCH:242 — vt. to fill — n. filling pl. ṭon ṭon--én ṭóndi n. stone, rock, stony …

Christiansen-Bolli (2010), A Grammar of Tadaksahak, a Northern Songhay Language of Mali, p. 356

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