A Grammar of Tamashek (Tuareg of Mali)

202 4 Nominal and pronominal morphology applying nominal plural ablaut to the stem-plus-suffix sequence (i.e. applying the melo ...

4.1 Noun morphology 203 of the lexical C's, or by inserting a nonlexical default (filler, expletive) C. With this in mind, consi ...

204 4 Nominal and pronominal morphology In most of these cases (180.a-b), the Sg is V-final (all full V's except i are exemplifi ...

4.1 Noun morphology 205 (we can't tell whether this is true of the PI of 'well rope'). In (181.a) we see that Sg gg degeminates ...

206 4 Nominal and pronominal morphology (183) Paired Masculine and Feminine Plurals singular plural gloss a. a-kaebar "i-kabr-an ...

4.1 Noun morphology 207 e. Sg t-a-CaPPuC-t, with Degemination t-a-salluf-t t-l-sslf-en 'tick' f. Sg t-a-CCaC-t t-a-rrak-k t-l-vs ...

208 4 Nominal and pronominal morphology In the primary PI melody, the Η component is biased toward u rather than i when the inp ...

4.1 Noun morphology 209 The noun zaerto 'ladle' (perhaps borrowed from Songhay) has a P11-zartα attested once (T-md), alongside ...

4 Nominal and pronominal morphology c. Sg vowels full-short, simple medial C, masculine ae-bdjan i-bujan 'monitor lizard' ae-jay ...

4.1 Noun morphology 211 h. feminine counterparts of (g) t-a-blülaeq-q t-i-blülar i. stem-final cluster, masculine as-faraeqq i-f ...

212 4 Nominal and pronominal morphology t-3-küsse-t-t t-l-kussa t-ae-tahmi-t-t t-l-tuhma t-3-tübbe-t-t t-i-tubba t-3-zügge-t-t t ...

4.1 Noun morphology 213 t-a-kambaw-t t-i-kambaw (A-grm) 'hornless animal' t-a-kaerkor-t t-i-karkar 'stubbornness' t-a-kaerkas-t ...

214 4 Nominal and pronominal morphology a-s-akram i-s-akram 'livestock area' a-s-snjad i-s-anjad 'turban' [for T-md also: Sg α-s ...

4.1 Noun morphology 215 Here, all Sg stems have a short V in the first stem syllable. (188.a-d) have a full V in the second stem ...

216 4 Nominal and pronominal morphology d. V-final, first Sg stem vowel short, feminine, no Sg suffix t-e-laemse t-1-bmsa 'plain ...

4.1 Noun morphology 217 (190) Unsuffixed Plural Ablaut (Medial Full V in Sg, Short V in PI) singular plural gloss t-a-yara-t-t t ...

218 4 Nominal and pronominal morphology t-a-kbstte-t-t t-l-kbatta 'pinch (of sth)' t-a-kmatte-t-t t-l-kmstta 'pinch (of sth)' t- ...

4.1 Noun morphology 219 sections also have several examples of Sg e corresponding to PI u. However, when the e is stem-initial, ...

220 4 Nominal and pronominal morphology with χ-f to produce α in the final syllable. Examples involving a true vocalic prefix, w ...

4.1 Noun morphology 221 4.1.1.19 melody expanded for heavy stems While monosyllabic stems reduce the vocalic melody to just «α ...