A Grammar of Tamashek (Tuareg of Mali)

422 7 Verbal morphology For T-ka and some other dialects, -νΐΐυ- is syntactically transitive, but the "object" is an invariant 3 ...

7.3 Verb classes and irregular verbs 423 object clitic from occurring after -mast or -nast, in the postconsonantal form -\t, sin ...

424 7 Verbal morphology 7.3.2.12 'be in' (y/h) The verb -vhu-, most often reduced to -hu-, means 'be in' and requires a location ...

7.3 Verb classes and irregular verbs 425 location. Depending on whether the current location is 'here' or somewhere else, Centri ...

426 7 Verbal morphology (431.a-b) illustrate the uses of the PerfP (as opposed to the more usual Resit). In a relative construct ...

7.3 Verb classes and irregular verbs 427 d. nominalization VblN Iji, t-ljaw-t Agent e-m-aejj This is the only verb of the shape ...

428 7 Verbal morphology 7.3.2.16 'be lost' (y/b) This is a transitive verb with invariable (but semantically empty) 3MaSg subjec ...

7.3 Verb classes and irregular verbs 429 7.3.2.17 'be born' (Vvvj The basic forms are in (436). (436) 'be born' LoImpfP VblN Per ...

430 7 Verbal morphology (438) Consonantism for 'pi< cluster up' PerfP LoImpfP dialect(s) nongeminate a. tk -atkael- -takkael- ...

7.4 Pronominal subject paradigms 431 7.3.2.21 'quick!' (sikk) There is an adverbial sikk 'quick(ly)'. It is often used as an exc ...

432 7 Verbal morphology (440) Pronominal Subject Suffixes on Nonimperative Verbs ISg -aer 1P1 — 2Sg -aed 2MaPl -aem 2FePl -maet ...

7.4 Pronominal subject paradigms 433 When a nonzero pronominal prefix precedes a C-initial stem, there are two distinct situatio ...

434 7 Verbal morphology phonetic [na'waet] 'we hit' is best segmented n-awaet in e.g. T-ka, but arguably as ns-wast in K-area di ...

7.4 Pronominal subject paradigms 435 (444) W-Contraction (Stem-Final α Plus V-Initial Subject Suffix) conversion distribution /a ...

436 7 Verbal morphology Also relevant to subject suffixes is rebracketing of stem plus suffix combinations to create ablaut doma ...

7.4 Pronominal subject paradigms 437 combines with the 3MaSg prefix as M. The BLC then has its usual effect on the preceding /i/ ...

438 7 Verbal morphology a specialized construction was offered to express senses like 'we became black'. A T-ka informant offere ...

Chapter 8 Verbal derivation The major verb-to-verb derivations are expressed by prefixes immediately preceding the verb stem. Th ...

440 8 Verbal derivation 0-s-3ss-y3y-9d-\taen Ί-lyad-aen 2S-Caus-Caus-tie.ShImpf-2SgS-\3MaP10 Pl-child-MaPI 'You-FeSg, drive (lit ...

8.1 Causative 441 In the more usual deverbal causatives, the argument structure and case frame is carried over from the input ve ...