A Grammar of Tamashek (Tuareg of Mali)

442 8 Verbal derivation 8.1.2 Sibilant Harmony in the Causative prefix The basic mark of causatives is a prefix whose default fo ...

8.1 Causative 443 "elicition-ese," and in several cases when the form was repeated later it did respect Sibilant Harmony. All ca ...

444 8 Verbal derivation (453) Simple Versus Double Causative Prefixation gloss PerfP LoImpfP VblN simple prefix a. 'wash' -aess- ...

8.1 Causative 445 Stem-Initial Syncope or Ci-Gemination. PerfP examples are -aess-omaem- 'suck' (with CrGemination) and syncopat ...

446 8 Verbal derivation Therefore causative long imperfectives always have full V's in both the initial and final syllables. For ...

8.1 Causative 447 In (454), stems are given for causatives of representative -vPQvC- and -vCvC- verbs. (454) Causative Stems for ...

448 8 Verbal derivation with the causative of true input -uPvC-, namely -s-iPvC-, see (456) below, though the difference between ...

8.1 Causative 449 In the double prefixation case, the interesting features relate to the form of the second prefix and of the st ...

450 8 Verbal derivation (456) Causative Inflection for -uCvC- Stems single prefix type double prefix type 'break in (animal)' 'm ...

8.1 Causative 451 not involving w. The verb 'break in' in (457.e), cf. (456), also has a variant with α recorded from a T-md spe ...

452 8 Verbal derivation (458) Causatives of -uC(C)uC- Stems underived stem gloss Causative Imprt PerfP PerfP Imprt a. ükaf -akuf ...

8.1 Causative 453 of the underlying verbs have a full V in both the perfective and imperfective systems, this must be due to an ...

454 8 Verbal derivation Shlmpf) -andu- 'be churned' and its causative -s-undu- 'churn' (PerfP -ass-unda-, etc., see (467), below ...

8.1 Causative 455 (462) Causative Inflection for -vPQu- Verbs, all Subtype resyllabifying stable stem pattern 'show' 'make begin ...

456 8 Verbal derivation (463) List of Causatives of -vPQu- Verbs, a/i Subtype gloss PerfP Imprt VblN a. final cluster stable 'pu ...

8.1 Causative 457 'Cook' in (464) is the causative of 'be cooked', which has basic form -vqqo- in perfectives and short imperfec ...

458 8 Verbal derivation 'stick in' -sss-urma- s-iram -s-lrmu- a-s-iramm [Imprt also s-lrmu] 'make tranquil' -sezz-ozja- z-lzj -z ...

8.1 Causative 459 LoImpfP -s-indu- is best derived by applying LoImpfP ablaut formatives χ-pcl and χ-pcl at a late stage (468). ...

460 8 Verbal derivation The PerfP of the inputs in (469.a-b) already have a surface stem-wide melody, allowing for V-Height Com ...

8.1 Causative 461 the underived counterpart 'be obligatory' (-hussvl-, LoImpfP -t-lhassul-). Note the variant -s-ahaessal- (atte ...