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• … béer-i mother be.big-ADJZR baba béer-i grandfather (Lit: big father) father be.big-ADJZR The other forms correspond to actual verbs. (111) Noun-verb compounds naná ceená maternal aunt (Lit: little mother) mother be.small naná fumbú step-mother (Lit: rotten mother) mother be.rotten babá fumbú step-father (Lit: rotten father) father be.rotten mó ceená eye be.small jackal (Lit: small eye)

  Christiansen-Bolli (2010), A Grammar of Tadaksahak, a Northern Songhay Language of Mali, p. 134

• … ve. Animals fall in the same category. They are not considered to have a will of their own. Above sentence is rendered as a₌ss-ǝglá barrén táksi ka ǝnd(a) áy₌n nana céena. (3s₌CAUS-go.BND child-PL taxi LOC with 3s₌GEN mother small) ‘She sent the children in a taxi to her aunt.’

  Christiansen-Bolli (2010), A Grammar of Tadaksahak, a Northern Songhay Language of Mali, p. 214