A Grammar of Tamashek (Tuareg of Mali)

342 7 Verbal morphology b. short imperfective system Shlmpf -aPQaC- -aPPaC- -aPaC-, -sPC- Imprt aPQaC aPPaC aPaC, aePC- [(-)aePC ...

7.3 Verb classes and irregular verbs 343 accent ablaut components, χ-pcl and χ-pcl, targeting the first postconsonantal V) in th ...

344 7 Verbal morphology Prohib), as is true of long imperfectives in all stem classes. If the optional -t- in -(t-)aPPaC- is dis ...

7.3 Verb classes and irregular verbs 345 For -vPvC-: acted 'bite', afal 'leave, go from', avas [ae'vas] '(insect) bite', ahad [a ...

346 7 Verbal morphology c. long imperfective system LoImpfP -t-aPaeCaC- -t-iPCaCCiC- -t-aPseCCieCCaC- LoImpfN -t-äPaCiC- -t-aPCa ...

7.3 Verb classes and irregular verbs 347 b. short imperfective system ShlmpfP -ambwbw- Imprt msbwbw -anhaltattaw- nshaltattaw c. ...

348 7 Verbal morphology d. nominalization VblN a-bsrej a-kaykay a-zalbsbbay a-baraj a-kaykay a-zslbsbbay Some features are share ...

7.3 Verb classes and irregular verbs 349 In the α/u subclass, the PerfP is again -aCCa- but the Shlmpf is -sCCu-. All verbs of t ...

350 7 Verbal morphology c. long imperfective system LoImpfP I-P0QQA-I -FiQQu- -FiQQu- LoImpfN 1-PsQQi-l -PaQQu- -PaQQu- Prohib / ...

7.3 Verb classes and irregular verbs 351 In (353.d), the schwa resulting from VV-Contraction triggers Short-V Harmony, changing ...

352 7 Verbal morphology d. nominalization VblN [see discussion below] To get the long imperfectives to come out correctly, it is ...

7.3 Verb classes and irregular verbs 353 (356) PerfP and Resit Paradigms of α/ι Verb -vnsu- 'excuse' PerfP Resit a. stem-final V ...

354 7 Verbal morphology (357) Alternative Derivations for Suffixed Resultative Stems of -vnsu- 'excuse' 2MaPl 2FePl comments a. ...

7.3 Verb classes and irregular verbs 355 (358) PerfP and PerfN of aJi Verb -vhlo- 'weep' PerfP PerfN a. PerfP = PerfN 1P1 n-alha ...

356 7 Verbal morphology (359) Derivations for Suffixed PerfN Stems of -vnsu- 'excise' 2MaPl 2FePl comments /t-ansa-asm/ /t-ansae ...

7.3 Verb classes and irregular verbs 357 forms are bisyllabic, so they yield their accent when Future ad is present, as in ad n- ...

358 7 Verbal morphology that work in the unsuffixed Shlmpf also affect the Sg Imprt. For 'eat' the imperatives are Sg seks, MaPl ...

7.3 Verb classes and irregular verbs 359 occurs in contexts where clitics attach to the preceding Neg particle, and in combinati ...

360 7 Verbal morphology The examples in (363.a-b) are fully regular. Those in (363.b, g) show resyllabification in the Imprt (an ...

7.3 Verb classes and irregular verbs 361 warl-kall 'he doesn't spend the mid-day' and 3MaPl counterpart waer kalla-n. The dialec ...