7.3 Verb classes and irregular verbs 401all subclass or as in the α/u subclass of light V-final verbs, i.e. with final α in
perfectives and final III or u (depending on the verb) in imperfectives
(§7.3.1.3). I know of no verb of -uCu- and -uCCu- shape that has final u in
perfectives.
I begin with the majority α/ι subtype with
melody (the
(398) -uC(C)u- Stems with
'fold' 'stretch to look' 'leave' 'open'
-udhu- -ujju- -oyyu- -uru-a. perfective system
PerfP -odha- -ojja- -oyya- -ora-
Reslt -odha- -ojja- -oyya- -ora-
PerfN -odha- -ojja- -oyya- -ora-b. short imperfective system
Shlmpf -adh -ajj -aeyy -ar
[= /-adhi-/] [= /-ajji-/] [=/-aeyyi-/] [= /-απ-/]
Imprt adh ajj syy arc. long imperfective system
LoImpfP -t-idh- -t-ljj- -t-lyy- -t-lr-
[= /-t-idhi-/, etc.; 'leave' has variants -t-syy-, -t-aeyy-]
LoImpfN-t-idh- -t-ljj- -t-lyy- -t-lr-
Prohib -t-idh- -t-ljj- -t-lyy- -t-lr-d. nominalization
VblN Idh Ijj ayy drrHere 'fold' exemplifies the -uPQu- subtype with nongeminate PQ cluster.
Others are -uzju- 'be tranquil' (PerfP -dzja-, Imprt azj, LoImpfP -t-izj-),
dialectally attested -osku- 'be lost' (PerfP -oska-, Imprt ask, LoImpfP -t-lsk-),
and two verbs discussed below in connection with resyllabification, -ulwu- 'be
spacious' and -udwu- 'leave in afternoon', -uzju- has a variant paradigm of the
α/u type, see below. In (398), 'stretch to look' and 'leave' illustrate the -uPPu-
subtype with geminate cluster. The paradigm of 'stretch to look' is matched by
that of -uqqu- 'discourage' (PerfP -oqqa-, Imprt aqq, LoImpfP -t-iqq-, VblN
Iqq or feminine t-iqqi-t-t). The verb 'leave' differs from 'stretch to look' and
'discourage' in audibly shortening the initial V from lal to ae in the short
imperfectives, and arguably in the long imperfectives (there is no reliable
difference between -t-lyy- and -t-ayy- since /ay/ in this position
monophthongizes phonetically to [i]). Perhaps the long imperfectives of
'leave' were reinterpreted as having a short V and this pattern spread into the