Fufú

Noun n.

Translations

Français: Froid (temps)
English: Cold (weather)
العربية: برد (طقس)

Source : the site’s first dictionary (Swadesh list)

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Hamadine AG MOCTAR (n.d.). Fufú (Cold (weather)). Tadaksahak–French–English–Arabic dictionary. https://hamadine-services.net/en/dictionnaire/95-fufu (accessed 2026-10-18)

BibTeX

@misc{moctarfufu,
  author = {Hamadine AG MOCTAR},
  title = {{Fufú (Cold (weather))}},
  howpublished = {Tadaksahak–French–English–Arabic dictionary},
  url = {https://hamadine-services.net/en/dictionnaire/95-fufu},
  urldate = {2026-10-18}
}

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… the other. The item immediately following the verb is the preferred one while the second unmarked noun encodes the less liked item. (135) aɣa-yyasáf 1s-prefer fufú cold.VN t-aa-dás-t F-SG-mosquito-F.SG I prefer the cold (season) to mosquitoes (in hot season). ‘prefer’ can take a complement clause when preference of actions needs to be expressed (see (158)) 4.3.9 Reflexive constructions There is no particular reflexive pronoun but overt reflexives are expressed by a noun phra …

Christiansen-Bolli (2010), A Grammar of Tadaksahak, a Northern Songhay Language of Mali, p. 217
… , to be vi. bêr big, to make vt. bêr bird (general) n. cíidaw C - c carve (wooden spoon), to vt. kár child n. báarar cloud npl. nuun nuun--én cold (weather) n. fufú come, to vi. kóy kóy--kat count, to vt. ʃ-iḍǝn D - d day n. zaɣrí zaɣrí dead, to be vi. bún death n. bún deep, to be vi. kukú deepen, to vt. kukú die, to vi. bún dig, to vt. fás digging n. fás dirt (excrement) n. lés 314 bite (animal), to vt. ŋá bite, to vt. ṇám black adj. bíibi black (color) n. bíibi black, to be …

Christiansen-Bolli (2010), A Grammar of Tadaksahak, a Northern Songhay Language of Mali, p. 332

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