A Grammar of Tamashek (Tuareg of Mali)

504 8 Verbal derivation

(534) Indefinite Resit Participles ("Modifying Adjectives"), Prefixless Verbs

indefinite Resit participle

gloss Resit stem MaSg FeSg PI

a. no Sg/Pl shift (consistent full V in stem-final syllable)

'bad' laebds- laebds-asn lasbds-ast laebds-nen

'narrow' kaeroz-<1 kaeroz-asn I kaeroz-ast I kaeroz-nen

[also variants with geminated rr]

'easy' raqqis- raqqls-aen raqqis-aet raqqis-nen

'soft' laemmed- laemmed-aen laemmed-aet laemmed-nen

'big' maeqqor- maeqqor-asn maeqqor-aet masqqor-nen

[also -maeqqaer-, msqqser-asn, masqqaer-aet, maeqqaer-nen]

'cold' saemmed->i saemmed-aen ι sasmmed-aet ι saemmed-nen

'thin' sadld- sadid-asn sadid-ast sadid-nen

[PI also saedod-nen]

'clean' saddij- saddij-asn saddij-as t saddij-nen

[PI also saeddoj-nen]

b. no Sg/Pl shift (short V's in stem)

'sour' samam- samam-aen samam-aet samam-nen

[PI also saemom-nen]

'weak' rakkam- rakkam-aen rakkam-aet rakkam-nen

[PI also raekkom-nen]

c. no Sg/Pl shift (augmented CaCa- stems)

'green' dald-t dalae-n dalae-t dala-t-nen

[dialectally dald-t, dale-n, dale-t, dala-t-nen]

'brown' fawd-t fawae-n fawae-t fawd-t-nen

[dialectally fawd-t, fawe-n, fawe-t, fawa-t-nen]

d. Sg/Pl stem variation («V α» in PI only)

'black' kaswal- kaewael-aen kaewael-ast kaswdl-nen

'weak' laqqaw- laqqaw-aen laqqaw-aet laeqqaw-nen

[PI also laqqaw-nen]

'yellow' aeraY- aeraer-aen aeraer-ast aerdv-nen

[Vwrr ; dialectally: MaSg senr-een, FeSg aerv-aet, PI aerar-nen]

'red' saeggdr- saeggaer-aen saeggaer-aet saeggdr-nen

'old' waessdr- wasssaer-asn wasssaer-ast waessdr-nen

'stocky' suhar- suhar-asn suhar-ast suhar-nen

[arguably suhaer-; dialectally sohaer-aen, sohaer-aet, sohar-nen]