A Grammar of Tamashek (Tuareg of Mali)

510 8 Verbal derivation

'cave in' send t-e-naedde (K-d) —

[Τ Imprt aend, VblN t-a-naddaw-t]

'lie down' sens t-e-nassse —

'break' aerz I t-e-raezze ι I t-i-razz I

d. VblN t-a-CasPPa

'laugh''laugh' (Vds) (Vds) sets t-a-dazza t-i-dazz 1 1 1

[arguably t-a-daezza]

t-i-dazz 1 1 1

e. VblN t-aCCa (or t-sCCa)

'be sick' akmu t-akma t-akmaw-en

t-akma-ten

'be useful' anfu t-anfa t-anfaw-en

t-anfa-ten

'want' serh t-serha t-aerhaw-en

[arguably t-arha]

'triumph' sern t-aerna t-aernaw-en

[arguably t-arna]

f. VblN t-a-CaPPaw-t

'cave in' send t-a-naddaw-t t-i-naddaw-en

t-i-nadd

'begin' sent t-a-nattaw-t t-i-...w-en

[also t-a-naeto-t-t, see (h) below]

'remember' aekt t-a-kattaw-t II

'consent; aerd t-a-raddaw-t

II

'distract' asal t-a-sallaw-t Μ

'go away' ajal t-a-jallaw-t It

'spend day' akal t-a-kallaw-t tl

'be separated' abdu t-a-baddaw-t

II

'create' abnu t-a-bannaw-t II

'be split' aflu t-a-fallaw-t Μ

'apply henna' armu t-a-rammaw-t tl

'not need' arnu t-a-rannaw-t tl

'be churned' andu t-a-naddaw-t It

'be complete' amdu t-a-maddaw-t It

'wring' azmu t-a-zammaw-t

tl

g. VblN t-iCaw-t

'go to' aekk t:ikaw-t t-lkaw-en

'do' t-ijaw-t t-ljaw-en

h. VblN t-a-CaeCo-t-t

'begin' sent t-a-naeto-t-t t-i-naeto-t-en

[A-grm PI t-αη...; see also t-a-nattaw-t in (f) above]