Háamu

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• … ress ‘character of’ or ‘of material of’. The head precedes the modifier and the particle follows the modifier. (130) t-a-mǝnkǝ-t F-SG-piece-F.SG piece of meat [háamu meat wáni] of This particle agrees in number with the head. (131) í-sǝlsa PL-clothe [úuraɣ wán-en] gold of-PL clothes (made) of gold Only in conjunction with a pronominal clitic does this particle express ‘ownership’ as in ‘mine’ or ‘yours’, (3.2.6.4) but there is also a use where the whole construction modifying …

  Christiansen-Bolli (2010), A Grammar of Tadaksahak, a Northern Songhay Language of Mali, p. 144

• … thout’, it precedes the noun that is negated. The second example below has wala in both functions, ‘without’ and ‘or’. (135) a) ǝs-kahar aɣa₌b-d(á) á-ḍrǝs wala haamú... maybe-when 1s₌IMPERF-make SG-sauce without meat when I make a sauce without meat... b) bora person t-a-xáawi-t jíji-kat load-VEN F-SG-saddle.kind-F.SG ay₌n á-mṇǝs wal(a) i-sǝtfar... 3s₌GEN or SG-camel wala without PL-cover somebody who loads his camel without saddle or (without) padding... There is an idiomati …

  Christiansen-Bolli (2010), A Grammar of Tadaksahak, a Northern Songhay Language of Mali, p. 146