A Grammar of Tamashek (Tuareg of Mali)

342 7 Verbal morphology

b. short imperfective system

Shlmpf -aPQaC- -aPPaC- -aPaC-, -sPC-

Imprt aPQaC aPPaC aPaC, aePC-

[(-)aePC- variant only in some dialects, before V]

c. long imperfective system

LoImpfP -PaQQasC- -t-aPPaeC-

LoImpfN -PaQQaC- -t-aPPaC-

Prohib -PseQQaeC- -t-sePPaeC-

d. nominalization

VblN a-PseQaC üPaC

-t-aPPaC-, -aPPaC-

-t-aPPiC-, -aPPiC-

-t-aPPaC-, -aPPaC -

e-PeC

These patterns are exemplified in (348). Note that Υ has a geminated
counterpart qq (the r of 'go back' occurs as such only in the VblN), and that w
has geminated counterparts ww or gg.

(348) Examples

-vhlvk- -vqqvl-

'destroy' 'go back'

a. perfective system

PerfP -ahlask- -aqqasl-

Reslt -ahlak- -aqqdl-

PerfN -ahlek- -aqqel-

b. short imperfective system

Shlmpf -ahlak- -aqqal-

Imprt ahlak aqqal

c. long imperfective system

Lolmpf -hallask- -t-dqqael-

LoImpfN -hallak- -t-aqqal-

Prohib -hsellaek- -t-seqqasl-

d. nominalization

VblN a-hselak urel

-vwvt-

'hit'

-awaet-, -waet-

-awat-, -wat-

-awet-, -wet-

-awat-, -aewt-

awat, -a§wt-

-t-awwcit-, -awwdt-

-t-aggat-, -aggat-

-t-awwit-, -awwit-

-t-aggit-, -aggit-

-t-awwat-, -awwat-

-t-aggat-, -aggat-

e-wet

The paradigms of the three types are very similar in the perfective and
short imperfective systems. The perfective melody is , seen clearly in
the PerfP vocalic sequence «a as», and (with the addition of V-length and