A Grammar of Tamashek (Tuareg of Mali)

402 7 Verbal morphology the short imperfectives. In (398), 'open' represents the -uCi> subtype with unclustered C; the other ...

7.3 Verb classes and irregular verbs 403 optionally preserve the original stem-final V, so no «syllabification is needed: word-f ...

404 7 Verbal morphology The other -uCu- verb with a stem paradigm identical to that of 'fall' in (400) is -ufu- 'be better' (Per ...

7.3 Verb classes and irregular verbs 405 α-Shortening, and again this allows the /ae/ to be targeted by PerfN and Resit ablaut f ...

406 7 Verbal morphology A-grm usually reduces the lexical u to a short V, converting these stem- shapes to -CVCCD- and -CvCCvCu- ...

7.3 Verb classes and irregular verbs 407 (403) Short Imperfectives (T-ka) with u-Spreading and Medial V-Shortening gloss 3MaSg 3 ...

408 7 Verbal morphology c. long imperfective system LoImpfP -t-iblambulu-t -t-ldruru-t LoImpfN -t-ablambulu-t -t-adruru-t Prohib ...

7.3 Verb classes and irregular verbs 409 (406) -vvrriwu- 'be torn' PerfP -aqqarrawae-t (phonetic [-aeqiae'nawast]) Imprt rserraw ...

410 7 Verbal morphology Shlmpf). Others of this type are (PerfP) -aeddobae-t 'be able', -aeddomae-t 'plant (crop)' (from Songhay ...

7.3 Verb classes and irregular verbs 411 'Be brown' and 'be green' are adjectival, as shown by their Abstractive nominals. Both ...

412 7 Verbal morphology V-initial subject pronominal suffixes), but the t at the end of the short imperfectives functions as a s ...

7.3 Verb classes and irregular verbs 413 The shape -Ijat- in the imperfectives connects this verb with numerous adjectival verbs ...

414 7 Verbal morphology V-initial subject suffixes. This possibility is illustrated in 3MaPl Future ad sessaejre-n 'it-Ma will b ...

7.3 Verb classes and irregular verbs 415 For K-d I recorded PerfP -attawa- as in (412), but alongside Imprt "itaw I recorded a v ...

416 7 Verbal morphology b. short imperfective system Shlmpf /-aenni-/ (3MaSg 0-senn, 3MaPl anna-n) Imprt aenn c. long imperfecti ...

7.3 Verb classes and irregular verbs 417 (415) 'goto' PerfP Shlmpf Imprt LoImpfP VblN -akka- /-aekki-/ (3MaPl skks-n) sekk -t-dk ...

418 7 Verbal morphology 7.3.2.8 'come', 'arrive' and 'be on the way' (νfyw, Vs, Vml) 'Come' is expressed in a number of ways. Th ...

7.3 Verb classes and irregular verbs 419 VblN points more specifically to -mili>. Many -CiCvC- and -CiCu- verbs switch to ch ...

420 7 Verbal morphology In the inflectable Shlmpf, variants with both final /Al and final Iii were recorded. There is no audible ...

7.3 Verb classes and irregular verbs 421 b. short imperfective system Shlmpf /-asjjaeyhA-/ Imprt jaeyh (T-ka), jayh (Im Κ R T-md ...