A Grammar of Tamashek (Tuareg of Mali)

516 8 Verbal derivation

i. CaCi

'feel (pain)' a fray fari (A-grm)

j.lCCi

'feel (pain)' a fray ifri

k. ά-CCi (ά-CCay), t-a-CCi-t-t

'impregnate' avlay ά-rli (ά-rlay) Vrlay-aen

[VblN also a-vaelay]

'court' asray a-sri —

'go in AM' ansay t-a-nsi-t-t t-l-nsay-en

'crave' ansay t-a-nsi-t-t t-l-nsay-en

[PI also t-l-nsi-t-en]

'wipe' arsay t-a-rsi-t-t —

'mix' artay t-a-rti-t-t t-i-rattay

1. t-e-CasPPe
   'stand up' abdad t-e-basdde t-i-baddiw-en

m. t-a-CasCCe

'graze' afrad t-a-fasrde t-i-fardiw-en

n. t-a-CasCCa

'kick out' arbar t-d-rasbra t-i-rabriw-en

a-PaeQoC (545545.a) looks like a variant of the regular a-PaeQaC with ο
for a. ά-PQuC (545.b) still has a- prefix and a final-syllable full V. The
oCCeC (or liCCeC) pattern (545.c) is unique to one stem. The VblN's in
(545.d-e) have a medial geminate followed by a full V, with no vocalic prefix.
Those in (545.f-g) have melodies resembling those of abstractive nominals
(§8.6.5, below). (545.h) has the same shape as (545.g) but differs in one vowel.
Three of the forms (545.g,i-jj) are variant VblN's for 'feeling (pain)'; compare
Ifri (545.j) to the ICi VblN pattern in iki 'going' and iji 'act' (540.d). The
pattern ά-CCi in (545.k), whose PI usually points to a representation ά-CCay,
resembles VblN iCCay, see (549.c) later in this section. The feminine VblN
t-e-CaePPe (545.1) is valid for 'stand up' alone among -vPQvC- verbs, though
it occurs more often with -v(C)Cu- verbs, e.g. t-e-lassse 'getting dressed', see
(541.c), above. The other feminine VblN's in (545.m-n) are similar but have
slightly different vocalisms; note the extra w and the lengthening of ae to α in
the plurals for all of (545.1-n).
For -vPPvC- verbs, as alternatives to the regular VblN uPaC (see above), I
can cite the alternative VblNs in (546).