A Grammar of Tamashek (Tuareg of Mali)

4.1 Noun morphology 177

(150) Extra Stem-Final α Before PI ...w-asn (Verbal Nouns)

singular plural gloss

a. verbal nouns

a-duban i-dubnaw-aen 'marriage'

udsf üdfaw-aen 'holding'

lidsh üdhaw-aen 'pounding'

edas I etsaw-aen ι 'sleep' (Vds)

üran ümaw-aen (T-ka) 'ornaments'

[PI also ύγη-αη]

ujss üjsaw-aen 'entry'

ükds üksaw-aen 'removal'

ubj üljaw-aen 'turning'

ulsm ülmaw-aen 'tying'

a-s-ikal i-s-lklaw-aen (T-ka) 'traveling'

[PI also i-s-lkil-aen (A-grm)]

a-s-ütar i-s-ütraw-aen (T-ka) 'sending to seek'

[PI also i-s-ütir-aen (A-grm)]

uzsj üzjaw-aen (T-ka) 'pulling'

[PI üzag-aen (A-grm)]

b. common nouns

udi üdyaw-asn 'butter'

Idam Idmaw-aen 'face'

eff effaw-aen 'shelter'

[PI also effae-taen (A-grm)]

görr gorraw-aen 'anus'

e-rasff i-raefaw-aen 'head'

3-jorh i-jorhaw-aen 'castrated animal'

ae-jors i-jorsaw-aen 'windpipe'

a-juss i-jüssaw-aen 'south'

[PI rare]

ulh ülhaw-aen 'heart'

e-lasm i-laemaw-aen 'skin'

lbs Usaw-aen 'tongue'

e-mm 1-maw-aen 'mouth'

[PI alsol-mmaw-aen]

a-mitt 1 1 i-mlttaw-aen ι I 'tear(s)'

ae-rori i-roryaw-aen 'back'

Isskk Iskaw-aen 'horn'

Issm Ismaw-aen 'name'

ae-sigk i-slgkaw-asn 'cooked grain'

a-ssrr 1-sraw-aen 'side, half