A Grammar of Tamashek (Tuareg of Mali)

234 4 Nominal and pronominal morphology

4.1.1.25 Suppletivepiurals

The suppletive cases are shown in (209).

(209) Suppletive Plurals

singular plural

a. kin terms (including dialectal variants)

eile esse, asse

aeqqa ayat-ma

[PI also aqqa-tasn]

rure-

waelt, waelast

waelast-ma

maeddana-

ssett, asset (A-grm)

saet-ma

gloss

'daughter'

'brother'

'son (of)'

'daughter' (cpds)

'sister'

b. other stems

t-a-maett

ae-hdbs

t-e-haele

t-a-ra-t-t

aew adam

t-aess

t-l-ded-en,II ' ded-en ι ι

meddan, medd-aen

t-i-hatt-en

ulli

addinaet

[Sg lit. "son of Adam" as in Arabic]

l-w-αη 'cow' (PI 'cattle')

woman

'man'

'ewe'

'(female) goat'

'person' (PI 'people')

c. plurals without singulars

— alaerora 'boys'

— i-saskkaetew-asn II

— t-i-lYora-t-t 'girls'

— t-i-saekksetew-en

— l-drar-asn 'milk-water beverage'

— t-i-finar 'Tuareg syllabary'

— i-raelal-aen 'veil'

— am-an 'water'

— 1-m-an 'self

— i-s-ldn-asn 'prayer beads'

— t-i-s-odss-en I 'evening'

— ird-αη (or erd-an) 'dirtiness, filth'

— i-s-urar 'make-believe games'

— t-issas 'the shivers'

— 1-swat (A-grm) 'festivities'

— t-i-samm 'handcuffs'

— t-ltar 'sheathe'

— ättay-aen 'surroundings'

— i-zülal-asn (Κ) 'milk-water beverage'