A Grammar of Tamashek (Tuareg of Mali)

7.2 Stem categories 335

the LoImpfN, while those in (338.b-d) are identical in form to Prohib stems.
The cases in (338.c) involve three-way LoImpfN = Prohib = LoImpfP
homophony at the segmental level, but the LoImpfP has fixed accent while the
LoImpfN and Prohib are unaccented (and so permit a default accent on a
syllable or on the preverbal Neg particle). Thus note the accents in i-t-issl 'he
runs' and its negation war 1-t-isal 'he doesn't run'. (338.d) is like (338.c) but
also involves Final-CC Schwa-Insertion (44) (i.e., ^syllabification), and in
T-ka this shifts accent onto the inserted schwa (§3.3.2).

(338) LoImpfN Stems

gloss LoImpfN LoImpfP

a. LoImpfN distinguishable from Prohib and from LoImpfP

'fight' -kannas- -kannss-

'stand up' -baddad- -baddasd-

'hit' -(t-)awwit- -(t-)awwdt-

[also variants with gg for ww]

'do' -t-ajj- (/-t-ajji-/) -t-ajj-

'vomit' -bass- (/-bassi-/) -bass-

'eat' -t-att- (/-t-atti-/) -t-att-

'drink' -sass- (/-sassi-/) -sdss-

'load' -t-ajajja- -t-ajsejja-

'make run' -s-lsil- -s-asal-

'die' -t-amatti-t -t-amastta-t

'say' -janni- -janna-

'move out' -t-ahini- -t-ahana-

'make hate' -s-as-ikid- -s-as-akad-(§8.1.3)

b. LoImpfN homophonous to Prohib (but not to LoImpfP)

'marry' -t-adubun- -t-'idubun-

'believe' -raddu- -riddu-

'make pound' -s-as-uduh- -s-ls-uduh-

c. LoImpfN is homophonous to Prohib; LoImpfN (and Prohib) are

segmentally homophonous to LoImpfP, but LoImpfP has fixed accent

'open' -t-Tr- (/-t-iri-/) -t-ir-

'dish out' -t-ljam- -t-ijam-

'run' -t-lsal- -t-isal-