A Grammar of Tamashek (Tuareg of Mali)

8.5 Participles (subject relatives) 503

(533) Indefinite Resit Participles ("Modifying Adjectives")

gloss Resit stem

indefinite Resit participle

MaSg FeSg PI

a. light stems

'wet'

'hot'

-sbddj-

-skkus-

i-bddj-aen

i-kkus-aen

t-sbddj-aet

t-skkus-aet

abddj-nen

akkus-nen

'soiled'

'adult'

-arjdn-

-sssdm-

i-rjdn-aen

i-ssdm-aen

t-srjdn-aet

t-assdm-aet

arjdn-nen

assdm-nen

'ripe'

'wide'

-aqqd-

-olwd-

i-ηηά-η

0-olwa-n

t-aqqd-t

t-olwd-t

agqd-nen

olwd-nen

'heavy'

'sweet'

-aszzdy-

-aszzed-

0-aezzdy-aen

0-aezzed-asn

t-aezzdy-ast

t-aszzed-aet ι I

aezzay-nen

aezzed-nen

b. middleweight stems

'sated'

'plump'

-ayylwasn-

-addsras-t

i-yyiwaen-aen

i-dd6re-n

t-ayyiwaen-aet

t-addsre-t

ayyiwaen-nen

sddaras-t-ncn

'hard'

'dirty'

'roasted'

-azzawae-t 1 1

-akkurdae-t

-aekkewas-t

i-zzawe-n 1 1

i-kkurde-n

0-aekkewe-n

t-azzawe-t

t-akkurde-t

t-aekkewe-t

azzawae-t-nen

akkurdae-t-nen

aekkewae-t-nen

In 'wet', 'soiled', and 'adult', the Resit stem has lengthened and accented
its second syllable, and this is carried over into the participles. In 'wide' and
'ripe', the Resit stem has an accented stem-final ά, which is carried over to the
participles. In 'heavy', 'sweet', and 'hot' the long V of the second stem
syllable is not due to Resit lengthening, since the V is also long in the
corresponding PerfP (-sezzay-, -aezzed-). 'Sated' has an i in the Resit stem and
the participles. Augment verbs 'hard', 'roasted', 'plump', and 'dirty' show the
usual pattern with -t- in the PI but not the Sg participles.
In (534), below, I present examples involving pure adjectival verbs whose
perfective (including Resit) stems allow no subject prefixes. (Actually, a few
of the less common color terms also have variant perfective stems that do
allow prefixes.)