ʃ-íʃu

Verb v.

Translations

Français: Faire boire (causatif de nín)
English: to make drink (causative of nín)
العربية: يجعله يشرب (صيغة السببية من nín)

Source : Christiansen-Bolli (2010), annexe II, p. 310 — French and Arabic meanings translated from English, to be checked by the community

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Hamadine AG MOCTAR (n.d.). ʃ-íʃu (to make drink (causative of nín)). Tadaksahak–French–English–Arabic dictionary. https://hamadine-services.net/en/dictionnaire/744-sh-ishu (accessed 2026-10-18)

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@misc{moctarmake,
  author = {Hamadine AG MOCTAR},
  title = {{ʃ-íʃu (to make drink (causative of nín))}},
  howpublished = {Tadaksahak–French–English–Arabic dictionary},
  url = {https://hamadine-services.net/en/dictionnaire/744-sh-ishu},
  urldate = {2026-10-18}
}

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… 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 ‘food’ (27) fight zoɣ sek(e)nes teknes ǝkṇǝs to dispute (also verbally) ‘be shunned’ (28) gather (food) haba sefred tefred ǝfrǝd to gather (food) (29) give na *sekfa12 tekfa nekfa ăkfu to give ‘give each other’ (30) enter in huru zuguz ǝggǝz to enter …

Christiansen & Christiansen (2002), Some verb morphology features of Tadaksahak, or: Berber or Songhay, this is the question, p. 12
26 (23) Possible combinations of V1 and V2 in words V2 V1 i e a ǝ o u i ciidí hillén didá íilǝs ʃíʃu salt horns walk tongue ibóoraɣa n make drink fruits, sp. e a feejí ténada aɣéeɣǝr éesu sheep fever dried meat bull qaará n ahǝgǝg agóogis abútu pilgrimage braid (kind navel baarí danjé horse silence study ǝ mǝṭṭi bǝllen change wrestle of) kǝrtǝb a dǝbǝt sǝfoɣfoɣ agǝrǝfu be able to click kneeling trousers o u booʃí borén goorá zórbǝba góoro óoruf ashes people sit fruit, sp. col …

Christiansen-Bolli (2010), A Grammar of Tadaksahak, a Northern Songhay Language of Mali, p. 43
… RF-look.down s/he looks down on it. áa₌ka 3s₌LOC [ab'ʃugu'ʷaːka] The following verbs behave the same way: (44) Tamasheq cognates surfacing /w/ Tadaksahak gloss ʃíʃu to make drink ʃidu to assemble ʃúgu (he) ka to look down on (sth.) súku to light (fire) Tamasheq (W) ʃăʃwu ʃidǝw ʃugu (WW) suku (WW) Parallel to the back vowel /u/, the front vowel /i/ behaves differently according to etymology. Songhay cognates drop the final /i/ while Tamasheq cognates surface a semi-vowel /y/ w …

Christiansen-Bolli (2010), A Grammar of Tadaksahak, a Northern Songhay Language of Mali, p. 52

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