A Grammar of Tamashek (Tuareg of Mali)

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4 Nominal and pronominal morphology

c. Sg vowels full-short, simple medial C, masculine
ae-bdjan i-bujan 'monitor lizard'
ae-jayas i-juyas 'bustard'
ae-kdfar i-kufar 'non-Muslim'
ae-kdman i-kuman 'Ammodaucus spice'
as-madal i-mudal 'jaw'
ae-mdsaer i-müsar 'Tuareg'
ae-s-adad i-s-udad 'prop'
as-s-ddak i-s-udak 'camp spot'
ae-s-ddar i-s-udar 'staple food'
ae-s-ddaf i-s-udaf 'knife handle'
ae-sdhar i-suhav 'song'
[perhaps still segmentable se-s-ahar, cf. verb -uhvY- 'sna
ae-s-djad i-s-iijad 'strap'
ae-s-dkal i-s-ukal 'leg, paw'
ae-s-dkas i-s-ukas 'replacement'
ae-s-anas i-s-unas 'hobble rope'
as-sdsaf i-süsaf 'belly strap'
ae-zdraz i-zuraz I 1 'dust'

d.feminine counterparts of (c)
t-as-hanin-t t-i-hunan
t-ae-s-äsas-t t-i-s-usas
t-ae-s-ati-t-t t-i-s-utay
t-ae-sasab-t t-i-susab

t-a-züzem-t ι ι
t-ae-zayak-k

[also variants with -ζ...ζ]
t-i-zuzam
t-i-zuyaj

mercy
'tying cord'
'tent wrap'
'miracle'
]
'charcoal'
'pied crow'

e. stem-medial cluster, masculine
e-Ter dam i-rurdam
ae-s-dltaf i-s-ultaf
as-n-azmay i-n-uzmay

f. feminine counterparts of (e)
t-ae-bänjer-t t-i-bünjar
t-3-kürris-t t-i-kiirras
t-e-zerdam-t t-i-zurdam
[PI also t-i-zardam (A-grm)]

'large scorpion'
'shovel'
'needle'

'tree sp.'
'trickery'
'scorpion'

g. stem-initial cluster, masculine
e-bdebad i-bdubad
[Sg also e-baedebad]
e-msebl i-msulal

'Gisekia (herb)'

'neck tendon'
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