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7.3 Verb classes and irregular verbs 389
b. «ae α» vowel sequence, Γ-m, some w/gg alternations (§3.1.1.7)
'be brown' raeggal- nrwal -t-irwal- t-3-vule
'be red' saeggav- Iswar -t-lswar- t-s-sure
'be old' wsessar- Iwsar -t-iwsar- t-3-wssre
c. «ae e» vowel sequence, Γ-m
'be cold' saemmed-II Ismad I -t-lsmad- I t-s-samde
Since both and perfectives occur among adjectival verbs, it is
not clear that we should speak of "melodies" in the sense of isolable ablaut
components that are overlaid on basic stems.
All of the perfectives in (385) show a full V in the final syllable. For
possible dialectal forms with all short V's, see discussion of maeqqaer- 'be big'
and maellael- 'be white', later in this section.
The stems not shown are predictable from those that are shown. Thus, for
'be grey', we have Resit baehdw-, PerfN baehaw-, Shlmpf -Ibhaw-, LoImpfN
-t-lbhiw-, Prohib -t-lbhaw-.
In (385.a), 'be licit' and 'be illicit' refer to Islamic law and, and the word
families in question are borrowed from Arabic. The other verbs in (385) appear
to be native Berber terms.
There are many terms denoting shades of color associated prototypically
with particular animals, particularly in the red/brown and grey regions.
Therefore glosses like 'be brown' and 'be grey' may appear in this grammar
for multiple items.
Examples of stems like those in (385) but with instead of
perfective melody (at least in T-ka), are given in (386). Again, the term
"melody" is used loosely. The imperfective forms are identical in vocalism to
those in (385).
(386) Adjectival Perfective with Melody
gloss PerfP Imprt LoImpfP VblN/Abstr
full vowel in PerfP
a. <o u» vowel sequence, no Γ-m
'be few' darus- Idras -t-idras- t-s-drase
'be light' fösus- Ifsas -t-ifsas- t-3-fosse
'need clothes' ralul- Irlal -t-nrlal- raltal
[PerfP also rallul-]
b. <o u» vowel sequence, Γ-m
'be tame' balluh- Iblah -t-iblah- t-3-bbhe
