A Grammar of Tamashek (Tuareg of Mali)

7.3 Verb classes and irregular verbs 367

(370) Heavy V-Final Verbs (with Resyllabification)

gloss PerfP Imprt LoImpfP VblN

'bend, veer' -slbjwa- laejaew -t-alaejwa- a-bjaww

Imprt lasjsew is from /lasjwi/, and α-bjaww is from /a-lajwi/. When the hi
drops, the w forces resyllabification. As usual, the sonorant is additionally
geminated in the VblN. In T-ka but not other dialects, accent shifts to the
epenthetic V in the Imprt (and other Shlmpf forms) and the VblN. For other
dialects I can cite K-d Imprt lajsw, and A-grm VblN α-lagwi. For details on
resyllabification see §3.2.4.

7.3.1.6 Augmented -CvCvCCv- (+ -t-), etc.

There are hundreds of verbs that take an suffixal Augment -t-, which is added
directly to the final V of the stem. As noted in §7.1, some augment verbs are
denominal in origin. The Augment appears when the stem has no subject
pronominal suffix, and also appears before C-initial subject (and Participial)
suffixes. The Augment is absent when the stem is followed by a V-initial
subject suffix, and is absent in all nominals. See §7.1 for more on the
Augment. I often use the notation (+ -t) after the basic form of a stem to
indicate membership in the augment class.
The set of stems for representative augmented verbs is given in (371). The
forms shown are those used with no subject suffix.

(371) Augment Verbs

'moan' 'gallop'

a. perfective system

PerfP

Resit

PerfN

-aehnasffae-t

-ahmaeffae-t

-aehnaeffae-t

-addsrbae-t

-sddirbae-t

-sddarbae-t

b. short imperfective system

Shlmpf -ahnaffa-t

Imprt hansffa-t

-asddaerbae-t

daerbas-t

c. long imperfective system

LoImpfP -t-lhnaffi-t

LoImpfN -t-ahnaffi-t

Prohib -t-ahnaffi-t

-t-adasrba-t

-t-adarbi-t

-t-aedaerba-t