7.3 Verb classes and irregular verbs 381adjectival verbs, and the sense 'be far away' is in this semantic area. Therefore
the irregularities in the perfective and VblN do not justify setting this up as
another "type" on a par with the types described earlier in this section.
As for 'refuse', its perfective and short imperfective forms are fairly
normal, except for the initial u. We can take the basic form as -unjvy-, and let
the relevant melodies do the rest (
imperfective). The dialectally variable long imperfectives suggest that speakers
have some difficulty applying long imperfective ablaut to this stem. In -nijjuy-
(T-ka, T-md), one can see an
(gemination); the immediate model is probably -PiQQu- (§7.3.1.4). One can
argue that -nijjuy- is from /-nujjiy-/, having undergone u-Spreading and
Medial V-Shortening to /-najjuy-/, with late application of LoImpfP
formatives to produce -nijjuy-. The variability in the LoImpfN and Prohib
suggests that speakers are unsure whether this interpretation of -nijjuy- with i
from /a/ is correct (if so, -najjuy- is appropriate for LoImpfN and Prohib), or
whether the ί of -nijjuy- is a lexical full V (if so, -nijjuy- is appropriate for
LoImpfN and Prohib). A-grm has -nüggay- (arguably phonemicizable as
-nuggiy-), while K-d has -t-unjay- with -t- prefix.
7.3.1.9 Verbs with perfective -v(C)CuC- or -v(C)CiC-
In this and the following two sections, I discuss verbs with imperfective
vocalic sequence «i α» or «u α». Many are "adjectival" verbs, but those treated
in the present section are, for the most part, non-adjectival in sense. They are
characterized by a shape -V(C)CuC- ("V" = either short or full vowel), more
specifically -v(C)CuC- or -v(C)CiC- in the perfective and -Vü(C)CaC- in the
imperfectives. Since none of the verbs we have considered so far have the
shape -VCuC-, it is possible to analyse the MAN paradigms for these verbs as
the "regular" pattern for this -VCuC- shape.
However, these verbs cannot be easily handled using the ablaut melodies
and local formatives that we have identified for the stem-chape classes
considered so far. In these other classes, we have seen perfective melodies
classes the short imperfectives are
and (in T-ka) the long imperfectives have a characteristic melody
(in some dialects, also
the perfective
present section.
Forced to make the call, I opt for basic lexical representations modeled on
the perfectives: -vCuC-, -vCCuC-, -vCiC- and -vCCiC-. For the perfectives,
it suffices to account for the stem-initial V, which is a in T-ka and A-grm, but
χ in the other dialects (T-md, R, K-d, etc.). For T-ka, Short V-harmony would
enforce a in any event. For T-md and the other dialects, ae here is consistent
with the occurrence of ae rather than a in perfectives of verbs with a high full V