Céw

Verb vt.

Translations

Français: Appeler
English: To call
العربية: ينادي

Source : the site’s first dictionary (Two-argument verbs)

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Hamadine AG MOCTAR (n.d.). Céw (To call). Tadaksahak–French–English–Arabic dictionary. https://hamadine-services.net/en/dictionnaire/71-cew (accessed 2026-10-18)

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@misc{moctarcall,
  author = {Hamadine AG MOCTAR},
  title = {{Céw (To call)}},
  howpublished = {Tadaksahak–French–English–Arabic dictionary},
  url = {https://hamadine-services.net/en/dictionnaire/71-cew},
  urldate = {2026-10-18}
}

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… perative) causative passive other forms cognate gloss (20) bring zaw ʃiʃiwi tewi nemewi awǝy to bring ‘be contagious’ senemewi ‘contaminate’ (21) call somebody cew seɣret tuwaɣra anemeɣra ăɣru to call ‘namesake’ (22) climb/ride kedi suwun tewen amawaṇ ǝwǝṇ to ride (animal) ‘rider’ (23) cut/slaughter dumbu zegzem tegzem ǝgzǝm to slaughter (24) do da ʃiga tega nemega ǝgu to do ‘do to each other’ (25) drink nin ʃiʃu tiʃu ăʃ(w)u to drink (26) eat ŋa ʃikʃa tekʃa aʃakʃo ikʃa he ate …

Christiansen & Christiansen (2002), Some verb morphology features of Tadaksahak, or: Berber or Songhay, this is the question, p. 12
… hurrú t-ǝgmi look for ǝgmǝy mó túw-ǝsla hear ăslu ṣót túw-ǝggǝd jump over ǝggǝd wí túw-anɣa kill/hit anɣu báy túw-asun know ǝssǝn dís túw-iya leave alone ăyyu céw túw-aɣra call s.b. ăɣru báaɣa túw-ǝṛa love/want iṛu qaarán túw-aɣra read/study ăɣru cí túw-ǝṇṇa say ăṇṇu guná túw-ǝni see ǝnǝy The full form tuwa-- appears mostly on stems that have a causative morpheme. Adding two syllables to a di-syllabic root or stem always entails stress shift from the first syllable of the st …

Christiansen-Bolli (2010), A Grammar of Tadaksahak, a Northern Songhay Language of Mali, p. 85
… The form of the Songhay root corresponds to the singular imperative. gloss IMP causative passive gloss (passive) to bring záw ʃí-ʃʃ-iwi t-ǝwi to call somebody céw s-ǝɣrǝt tuw-aɣra to climb/ride keedí ṣ-ǝwǝṇ t-ǝwǝṇ to cut/slaughter dumbú z-ǝgzǝm t-ǝgzǝm to do dá ʃ-íga t-ǝga to drink nín ʃ-íʃu t-íʃu to eat ŋá ʃ-íkʃa t-ǝkʃa to fight (also verbally) to gather (food) zóɣ s-ǝk(ǝ)nǝs t-ǝknǝs habá s-ǝfṛǝd t-ǝfṛǝd to give ná to hear mó s-ǝslá túw-ǝsla to hit kár ʃ-ǝwwǝt t-ǝwwǝt to ju …

Christiansen-Bolli (2010), A Grammar of Tadaksahak, a Northern Songhay Language of Mali, p. 327

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