túw-aɣra

Verb v.

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Français: Passif de qaarán « lire, étudier »
English: passive of qaarán 'to read/study'
العربية: صيغة المبني للمجهول من qaarán «يقرأ، يدرس»

Source : Christiansen-Bolli (2010), annexe II, p. 311 — French and Arabic meanings translated from English, to be checked by the community

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Hamadine AG MOCTAR (n.d.). túw-aɣra (passive of qaarán 'to read/study'). Tadaksahak–French–English–Arabic dictionary. https://hamadine-services.net/en/dictionnaire/771-tuw-aghra (accessed 2026-10-18)

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@misc{moctartuwara,
  author = {Hamadine AG MOCTAR},
  title = {{túw-aɣra (passive of qaarán 'to read/study')}},
  howpublished = {Tadaksahak–French–English–Arabic dictionary},
  url = {https://hamadine-services.net/en/dictionnaire/771-tuw-aghra},
  urldate = {2026-10-18}
}

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… ausative 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 ‘food’ (27 …

Christiansen & Christiansen (2002), Some verb morphology features of Tadaksahak, or: Berber or Songhay, this is the question, p. 12
… rú 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 stem t …

Christiansen-Bolli (2010), A Grammar of Tadaksahak, a Northern Songhay Language of Mali, p. 85
… 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 jump over ṣót …

Christiansen-Bolli (2010), A Grammar of Tadaksahak, a Northern Songhay Language of Mali, p. 327
… yiʃɣel hulen], ayn kamben i-f-kerʃiʃin. person REL-IMPF-work much 3S.GEN hand.PL 3P-IMPF-be.rough Somebody who works a lot, his hands are rough. (68) He [aɣo-f-tuwaɣra enda Talatayt da] kamil in amanokal Ayuba. thing REL-IMPF-PASS.call COM NAME DISC all 3P.GEN chief Ayuba (as for) The whole region called Talatayt, its (lit., their) chief was Ayuba. The following example also involves left-dislocation of the reference to the possessor, together with the use of a correlative pr …

Christiansen & Levinsohn (2003), Relative Clauses in Tadaksahak, p. 16

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