jeff_l
(Jeff_L)
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8.3 Mediopassive 475
medial i variant triggers a shift to melody, as often in Tamashek verbal
ablaut. I recorded the PerfP only as -semm-ohaer-. It would seem that medial o,
but not e, correlates with C,-Gemination in perfectives (485).
(485) -m-ihvr- or -m-uhvr- 'be held in common'
PerfP -aemm-ohser-
Imprt m-ahaer m-uhar
LoImpfP -t-am-ahar- -t-lm-uhur-
VblN a-m-lhar a-m-uhar
In A-grm, CrGemination is more productive, hence PerfP -aemm-era-
'be open'.
As usual, -vPQu- stems of the α/ι subclass whose Q is a sonorant require
resyllabification in the short imperfectives (Final-CC Schwa-Insertion (44)
and, for T-ka only, Epenthetic-Vowel Accentuation (70), §3.2.4, §3.3.2). The
same rules plus Stem-Final Gemination (71) occur in the VblN. In (486) I
illustrate these points with 'be eaten', which does not resyllabify, and '(liquid)
be drunk', which does. The short imperfectives are of the type /-m-aeCCA-/
with final deletable /A/ rather than hi, as seen by its contraction with V-initial
subject suffix such as 3MaPl /-aen/ to give ...ae-n, not #...a-n.
(486) Resyllabification in Mediopassives
non-resyllabifying resyllabifying
'be (all) eaten' '(liquid) be drunk'
-m-vksu- -m-vswu-
a. perfective system
PerfP -amm-aksa- -smm-sswa-
Reslt -smm-iksa- -amm-lswa-
PerfN -amm-sksa- -amm-sswa-
b. short imperfective system (/-m-aeCCA-/)
Shlmpf -semm-seks -aemm-assaew
f3MaPl aemm-aeksae-n, aemm-seswae-n]
Imprt m-seks m-aesaew (2MaPl m-sesw-ast)
c. long imperfective system
LoImpfP -t-am-asksa- -t-am-asswa-
LoImpfN -t-sm-sksi- -t-am-aswi-
Prohib -t-sem-aeksa- -t-sem-aeswa-
