A Grammar of Tamashek (Tuareg of Mali)

162 4 Nominal and pronominal morphology ambiguous-number reference. For example, t-ae-das-t 'mosquito(es)' is normally used in s ...

4.1 Noun morphology 163 4.1.2.1 Number (vocalic) and gender prefixes As we have just seen, gender and number are marked in nouns ...

164 4 Nominal and pronominal morphology common when the following syllable has short se, especially in e-CaeCC and e-CaeCaeC. ae ...

4.1 Noun morphology 165 reduced after a preposition and is best considered stem-initial: t-ele 'shade' (dser t-ele 'in the shade ...

166 4 Nominal and pronominal morphology 4.1.2.3 Feminine Singular suffix -t (-t-t) The normal FeSg suffix for nouns is -t, thoug ...

4.1 Noun morphology 167 b. Feminine with penultimate accent 'monkey' kaeya t-ae-kaeya-t-t (Im) 'gas drum' basrgon t-ae-baergon-t ...

168 4 Nominal and pronominal morphology masculine form. The feminine stem variant is most likely archaic, preserving a final sem ...

4.1 Noun morphology 169 4.1.2.5 Feminine suffix -ast Perhaps as many as 40 nouns have a distinct Fe suffix -aet. These nouns lac ...

170 4 Nominal and pronominal morphology have Islamic associations, and gender assignment may be influenced by the individual spe ...

4.1 Noun morphology 171 b. feminine t-e-daewasn-t t-i-daewaen-en 'mat' If the Sg stem is V-final, an apparently epenthetic conso ...

172 4 Nominal and pronominal morphology Some of the cases with w ('oven stone', 'sky') occur chiefly in the PI, and all of the s ...

4.1 Noun morphology 173 t-akma t-akmaw-en 'pain' t-lkra t-ikraw-en 'theft' t-3-lulya t-i-lülyaw-en 'preaching' t-orhanna t-orhan ...

174 4 Nominal and pronominal morphology c. verbal nouns in final aw with PI iw- a-s-allawlaw a-mansaw a-lawlaw a-s-adaw i-mansiw ...

4.1 Noun morphology 175 d. other (C)VCC nouns (unaccented Sg, accented PI) Ιάζι ι Ιάζ-tasn 'famine' kokk kok-taen 'vagina' yell ...

176 4 Nominal and pronominal morphology aslsib aslslb-taen 'pocket' (<Ar.) [also alsibb, PI alsibb-aen] aelhadd aelhad-taen ( ...

4.1 Noun morphology 177 (150) Extra Stem-Final α Before PI ...w-asn (Verbal Nouns) singular plural gloss a. verbal nouns a-duban ...

178 4 Nominal and pronominal morphology kokk kokkaw-aen 'vagina' [PI also kok-tasn] t-ett t-ettaw-en 'eye' t-ezz t-ezzaw-en 'anu ...

4.1 Noun morphology 179 FeSg suffix -t forces Degemination of the preceding geminate. Note that the degeminated C is from the se ...

180 4 Nominal and pronominal morphology (155) Gemination in Singular but not Suffixal Plural singular plural gloss a. e-daeww i- ...

4.1 Noun morphology 181 Additional simple/geminated alternations occur in certain types of suffixless ablaut plurals. Gemination ...