A Grammar of Tamashek (Tuareg of Mali)

7.3 Verb classes and irregular verbs 415

For K-d I recorded PerfP -attawa- as in (412), but alongside Imprt "itaw I
recorded a variant aettaw (also recorded for Im dialect). For R and T-md, and
as a variant for K-d, I recorded variants with Augment -t-, hence PerfP
-attawae-t, Imprt taewae-t, and LoImpfP -t-ataswa-t (3MaPl t-ataewe-n). A-grm
also has a type with Imprt taewu and LoImpfP -t-ataewu-.
A passive 'be forgotten' with PerfP -aetw-aettasw- (T-ka) or -astw-aetaswa-
(K-d) is attested. The causatives attested ('make forget') are T-ka -s-vtvw-
(PerfP -aes-taew-), K-d -s-vtvwo- (PerfP -aes-taewa-), and R -s-vtvwvt- (PerfP
-aes-taewaet-, VblN a-s-attawat).

7.3.2.4 'be yellow' (Vvvrr, Vrrj

The paradigm of this verb is similar to that of many adjectival verbs with
imperfectives based on -iCCaC-. However, it shows some irregularities,
notably presence/absence of w as C,. The abstractive is phonetically [tae'rore]
with the two BLC's making it impossible to determine whether the phonemic
transcription is t-a-rure or t-ae-rove. I prefer the former transcription based on
parallelism with other abstractives with Η vowels except for the final e, e.g.
t-a-rufe 'greediness' and t-a-blahe 'tameness' (§8.6.5).

(413) 'be yellow'

PerfP -aerar- (except K-d -waeraY-)

Imprt Iwrav

LoImpfP -t-iwrav-

Abstractive t-a-rure

Participles: MaSg aeraer-aen, syncopating in some dialects to aerv-aen,
also (Resit) aeraer-aen; FeSg aeraev-ast, aerr-aet, aeraer-aet (note the absence of
3FeSg t- prefix); Pi serdr-nen.
The causative 'make yellow' is -s-vwrvr-, e.g. PerfP -ass-awraer-.

7.3.2.5 'say' (V«, λ/jn)

The stems are in (414).

(414) 'say'

a. perfective system

PerfP -anna- (3MaPl annas-n)

Resit -anna- (3MaPl anna-n)

PerfN -anna- (3MaPl anne-n)