A Grammar of Tamashek (Tuareg of Mali)

262 5 Noun phrase structure (252) Relationship Terms taking Inalienable Suffixes gloss stem example 'mother' ma ma-s 'his/her... ...

5.2 Possession and compounding 263 5.2.4 Compounds 5.2.4.1 Analytic compounds with an Most noun-noun "compounds" are expressed a ...

264 5 Noun phrase structure b. t-e-jaedet-t [an t-unte] Fe-Sg-bird-FeSg [Poss female] 'female bird' Another example involving an ...

5.2 Possession and compounding 265 The specifically masculine PI 'sons' is just the Sg plus the (otherwise rare) prenominal PI p ...

266 5 Noun phrase structure At least one noun appears to be frozen compounds beginning with a variant of ma 'mother', but Arabic ...

5.2 Possession and compounding 267 suffixation and/or stem-ablaut on the noun, leaving the compound initials unchanged. Vocalic ...

268 J Noun phrase structure a-han-s-ajas 'entranceway' a-han-z-dzar 'inhabited area' The examples in (263.c) have compound final ...

5.2 Possession and compounding 269 For 'sand-plover', ae-dasr-aylul or variant ae-daer-dylal is interpreted by some natives as a ...

270 5 Noun phrase structure g. t-azzal ά-vaeba 3FeSgS-stretch.ShImpf Sg-mouth.bit 'rainbow' (A-grm) h. t-awal ae-lata 3FeSgs-gua ...

5.2 Possession and compounding 271 (266.c) could be parsed as 'son of owner of excrement (pellets)'. Plurals are difficult to el ...

Chapter 6 Prepositions True prepositions have the following features: a) they combine with a following NP, which undergoes Prefi ...

6.1 Inventory of true prepositions 273 from, leave (a place)'. Allative 'to X' can likewise be expressed by the transitive verb ...

274 6 Prepositions Before unaccented nouns of one or two syllables, the phrasal accent will fall on the final syllable of the pr ...

6.2 Pronominal suffixes with prepositions 275 The suffixes -kmaet and -snaet are used even after C-final prepositions, resulting ...

276 6 Prepositions constructions (§12.1.4, §12.2.3). This obviates any potential confusion between cliticized Dative #-\e and no ...

6.4 Instrumental and Comitative 277 such adverbial uses, whereas presence of Prefix Reduction is common in true instrumental fun ...

278 6 Prepositions d. α n-as-ldaerhasn a-\s a-s-lkal Foe lPlS-Caus-want.Reslt Dem-Unstr Sg-Instr-travel.VblN a-\sar-as n-at-cijj ...

6.4 Instrumental and Comitative 279 (276) a. t-aenfo η Vrazzej, Fe-benefit Poss Sg-livestock, t-α η "as-xx-annet Fe-Dem Poss Sg- ...

280 6 Prepositions (278) Pronominal Paradigm of d 'with' and of dsr 'in' (R dialect) person Sg PI 1 dar-i (rerely dser-er) da-na ...

6.5 Spatial prepositions 281 f. ann-ilmaed-naet-\dar-as ^t-a-rasw-en-naenaer 0-Iearn.Reslt-3FePlS-\with-3Sg Fe-Pl-body-FePl-lPlP ...