A Grammar of Tamashek (Tuareg of Mali)

7. 1 Augment verbs with -t- 297

there are other V-final verbs that do not take the augment. There is some
overlap in the syllabic shapes allowed in augment and non-augment classes
(see below). The augment verbs and the non-augment V-final verbs also differ
in the way the stem-final V contracts with a following suffix-initial V, both in
the output of the contraction and in accentual patterning (§3.2.3).
(306.a) illustrates the canonical shapes of non-augment V-final verbs,
while (306.b) does the same for augment verbs.

(306) V-Final Verbs

gloss PerfP LoImpfP Imprt

a. non-augment

light

'fold' -ödha- -tl-dh- adh

'have mercy' -aTfa- -fiffu- a?fu

'bellow' -arku- -rlkku- arku

'do' -aja- -ta-jj- sj

'say' -anna- -janna- senn

'bray' -aru- -t-lru- aru

'grow' -ati- -t-iti- ati, Iti

[K-d also PerfP -setiy-, etc.]

'be born' -awa- -t-iwi- Iwi

middleweight

'harm' -allarra-II I -t-alaerra- I lserr

[phonetic [-ael:aer:a-]; variant -addarra-, etc. (R)]

'load' -ajjujja- -t-ajaejja- JQJJ

superheavy

'be confused' -aemtaella- -t-lmtalli- matall

'spread' -aem-saka- -t-lm-suku- m-asuk

b. augmented (with -t-)

middleweight

'burst'

'hunt'

'fine (sb)'

'be joyful'

superheavy

'obtain'

'nibble'

-abbuqqae-t

-ahhuyyas-t

-ajjukkae-t

-addawae-t

-t-lbaqqu-t

-t-1hayyu-t

-t-ljakku-t

-t-adaewa-t

-sehrsekkas-t -t-~ihrakki-t

-asjmaenjaemae-t -t-ijmanjami-t

büqqa-t

hüyya-t

jükka-t

daewae-t

harakka-t

jamanjama-t