A Grammar of Tamashek (Tuareg of Mali)

306 7 Verbal morphology

Consider now -hvlvylvy- 'be joyful', Imprt halaylay, (syncopated) PerfP
-ashlaeylasy-. The Resit is -ahilaeylaey- (T-ka) or -ashllaeylasy- (most other
dialects). The derivation of these forms is tricky. Although the initial a in T-ka
could be attributed to Short-V Harmony, there is no evidence in T-ka itself that
the initial vowel is underlying /as/ The representation -ahilaeylaey- makes
perfect sense in T-ka if we have a two-part melody with the Η attaching
to the first two V's, while the L attaches to the last two V's. In the other
dialects, Resit -aehllaeylasy- requires either a three-part <L Η L> melody, or
the same melody as in T-ka with a morphologically restricted Melodic
Dissimilation converting initial /a/ to as when the following syllable has a full
high V, as noted in §7.2.2.1, above.
More examples showing the morphological relationship between Resit and
PerfP stems are in (310).

(310) Resultative

gloss PerfP Resit

a. nonadjectival, PerfP ends in ...aeC, both χ-pcl and χ-pcl audible

'get' -ajrasw- -ajraw-

'hide' -affaer- -effdr-

'kneel' -ajaen-, -jaen- -ajdn-, -jan-

'run' -osael- -osdl-

'refuse' -ünjaey- -unjay-

b. adjectival, χ-pcl but not χ-pcl applied

'be brown' fawa-t fawa-t

'be enough' -agdaeh- -agdaeh-

'be far' -üjaj- -ujaj-

'be white' mallal- mallal-

c. nonadjectival, targeted V already full, χ-pcl but not χ-pcl audible

'go to' -akka- -akka-

'sit' -aqqima- -aqqima-

'go with' -zeddew- -aeddew-

'share' -azun- -azun-

'persist' -sehhokas-t -aehhokae-t

'reply' -ass-üdmaer- -ass-udmaer-

'be folded' -annutfass- -anniitfaes-

(both with phonetic [...not...])

'load' -sjjujja- -ajjujja-