A Grammar of Tamashek (Tuareg of Mali)

206 4 Nominal and pronominal morphology

(183) Paired Masculine and Feminine Plurals

singular plural gloss

a. a-kaebar "i-kabr-an 'bucket'

t-a-ksebar-t t-l-kabr-en 'bucket'

b. e-baekaer l-bakr-an 'young ram'

t-e-beekaer-t t-l-bakr-en 'young ewe'

c. d-rram l-rsrm-an 'town'

t-a-rram-t t-l-Yarm-en 'town'

d. ά-duf i-duf-an 'marrow'

t-a-duf-t t-l-duf-en 'finger segment'

Most of the feminine stems in (184) lack masculine counterparts.

(184) Feminine Plurals

singular plural gloss

a. Sg t-e-CseCaeC-t

t-e-maetaew-t

b. Sg t-V-CasCaC-t

t-a-fieras-t

t-a-käebar-t

t-a-mäsdal-t ι

t-a-rsekat-t ι ι

t-ae-rajsam-t

t-l-mstw-en 'grain (of sand)'

t-l-fsrs-en 'flint'

t-l-kabr-en 'milk bucket'

t-l-msdl-en (A-grm) 'sandstorm'

t-l-rajd-en (A-grm) 'Grewia tree'

t-i-Yssm-en 'house'

[Sg also t-a-raesam-t (K-d)]

c. Sg t-o-CVCa or t-e-CVCe, PI with w

t-a-mara t-l-marw-en

t-a-faeja t-l-fajw-en

t-a-rasja t-l-rajw-en

t-e-jaese t-i-jasw-en

d. Sg t-a-CVPPa, PI with w and Degemination

t-a-fakka

t-a-rassa

t-a-jslla

t-a-satta (Vsd)

t-a-sakke

t-l-fakw-en

t-l-rasw-en

t-l-jslw-en

t-Vsadw-en ι

t-l-sakw-en (A-grm)

'group of ten'

'tree trunk'

'belly'

'lower back'

'body'

'body'

'bread'

'broken-off branch'

'whirlwind'