Dígdíg

Verb vt.

Translations

Français: Casser (jambe)
English: To break (leg)
العربية: يكسر (رجلاً)

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

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Hamadine AG MOCTAR (n.d.). Dígdíg (To break (leg)). Tadaksahak–French–English–Arabic dictionary. https://hamadine-services.net/en/dictionnaire/87-digdig (accessed 2026-10-18)

BibTeX

@misc{moctardigdig,
  author = {Hamadine AG MOCTAR},
  title = {{Dígdíg (To break (leg))}},
  howpublished = {Tadaksahak–French–English–Arabic dictionary},
  url = {https://hamadine-services.net/en/dictionnaire/87-digdig},
  urldate = {2026-10-18}
}

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… nt verbs also used in an intransitive form Tadaksahak intransitive Tamasheq gloss (imperative) causative 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’ (5 …

Christiansen & Christiansen (2002), Some verb morphology features of Tadaksahak, or: Berber or Songhay, this is the question, p. 13
… black transitive gloss blacken yáy be cold make cold bér be big enlarge ṭáy be moist moisten ʒén be old make old mán be close approach mór be distant distance dígdig be broken break mún be thrown out throw out lés be unclean make unclean yiɣmá be decorated decorate (leather) yiská be combed comb yiḷẓá be shaved shave yíɣfǝl be locked lock yídraɣ be decorated with metal decorate with metal

Christiansen-Bolli (2010), A Grammar of Tadaksahak, a Northern Songhay Language of Mali, p. 72
… stress for verbs on the ante-penultimate syllable. Illustrations are in (b). (35) Verbs only appearing in a duplicated form stem gloss a) cáycay dǝzdǝz kúfkuf dígdig fǝṛfǝṛ kúŋkun rǝgrǝg lǝflǝf mǝḷmǝḷ to weave (up and down, up and down) to castrate (kind of) to castrate (kind of) to break/split (many small pieces) to rub fast (foot on camel’s neck) to roll up (mat) to tie (tent sticks) together to climb (insects) to wind (through material) b) gǝṛǝẓgǝṛǝẓ kaṭámkaṭam kǝṛǝfkǝṛǝf …

Christiansen-Bolli (2010), A Grammar of Tadaksahak, a Northern Songhay Language of Mali, p. 88

Dígdíg

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