A Grammar of Tamashek (Tuareg of Mali)

562 5 Verbal derivation 'chatter' a-mlastar a-maelaestar 'chatterer' 'slur' α-haddaddas a-hasddaeddas (R) 'one who slurs' 'be sl ...

8.12 Other nominals 563 There is also an attested Agent/Instrument <L> nominal with Reciprocal -nvm-. For semantic reasons ...

564 8 Verbal derivation (595) Nominate with -Ce... nominal gloss related verb and gloss a. CeCCaC (from -CoCCvC- or -CvCCvC-) [a ...

8.12 Other nominals 565 CeCCaC in (595.a) is a kind of VblN, as is the type in (595.b) with a vocalic Sg prefix. Perhaps nerbas ...

566 8 Verbal derivation causative and other derivatives; here we get aw instead of u. (596.d) is evidently a distinct, though mi ...

8.12 Other nominals 567 t-a-rakket-t I I t-a-rsmmeq-q t-o-satteq-q t-a-sarret-t t-a-takkel-t t-a-zalley-t t-a-lammez-t 'hop' 'fr ...

568 8 Verbal derivation determine whether we are dealing with phonemic i or e, so in transcription of such cases I rely on paral ...

8.12 Other nominals 569 j. t-ae-CCaCi-t-t (from -CvCvCu-) t-a-rlali-t-t '(a) cry for joy' cf. Caus-s-vrvlvlu- (-t) k. t-a-CCaCCi ...

570 8 Verbal derivation Consider now the nominals with strict stem-wide in (602). The type in (602.a) is interesting, since the ...

8.12 Other nominals 571 Another pattern that can be used either as a VblN or in more lexicalized nominals is that shown in (604. ...

572 8 Verbal derivation t-aPPiCCaeC-t (from -PvCCvC-) [cf. adjectival abstractives §8.6.5] t-sbbillaen-t 'wrestling' -bvllvn- 'w ...

Chapter 9 Verb phrases and other predications 9.1 Voice (valency) types of verbs 9.1.1 Subject and object There is one subject N ...

574 9 Verb phrases and other predications (607) a. 1-waet 3-janna 3MaSgS-hit.PerfP S Sg-rain 'The rain struck (=fell).' b. 1-nha ...

9.1 Voice (valency) types of verbs 575 (608) Ambi-valent Verb verb intransitive gloss transitive gloss a. intransitive = (medio- ...

576 9 Verb phrases and other predications here)'. -\ad(d) here is the Centripetal clitic. This transitive verb, along with the u ...

9.1 Voice (valency) types of verbs 577 (610) a. gsle-r [y ae-sdhar] listen.PerfP-lSgS [Dat Sg-song] Ί listened to the song.' [K- ...

578 9 Verb phrases and other predications (613) 3kfe-r-\a-saen-\t give.PerfP-lSgS-\Dat-3MaPlS-\3MaSgO Ί gave it to them-Ma.' 9.1 ...

9.1 Voice (valency) types of verbs 579 b. ass-3Yraes-seY-\a-s-\t Caus-slaughter.PerfP-lSgS-\Dat-3Sg-\3MaSgO Ί made/had him slaug ...

580 9 Verb phrases and other predications 9.1.8 Double datives Verbs like ditransitive 'give' and 'show', as well as intransitiv ...

9.2 Copular predications ('be', 'become') 581 c. ad aqqsl-aer a-maenokal Fut be.Shlmpf-lSgS Sg-chief Ί will be/become chief (nex ...