A Grammar of Tamashek (Tuareg of Mali)

530 8 Verbal derivation

(562) Denominative Abstractives with Initial (t-)aPP...

related noun gloss abstractive gloss

a. feminine (five syllables with final a, default accent)

aelmunafeq 'dishonest one' t-almanüfaqqa 'dishonesty'

a-maenokal 'chief' t-ammanükala 'chiefhood'

i. feminine (four syllables with final a, default accent)

e-bseydasg 'thief t-abbaydaga 'thiefhood'

(A-grm)

d-kli 'slave' t-akkalawa 'slavehood' (R)

— — t-sllubya 'preaching'

aennsebi (<Ar) 'Prophet' t-annabawa 'prophet-hood'

[cf. Arabic nubuww-at- 'prophet-hood']

a-wanhad 'blacksmith' t-awwanhada 'blacksmith-hood'

a-namm-arru 'namesake' t-annam-arra 'being namesakes'

as-babas 'cross-cousin' t-abbübasa 'cousinhood'

ae-halas 'man' t-ahhülasa 'manhood' (K)

aslzdhil 'ignorant' t-alzuhala 'state of ignorance'

assarif 'sherif (<Ar) t-assürafa 'sherif-hood'

aettalib 'student' (<Ar) t-attülaba 'being a student'

a-laggas 'in-law' t-allüggasa 'being in-laws'

[variant α-laggus (A-grm); cf. masculine variant under (c)]

t-a-laqqe 'pauper' t-allaqqawa 'poverty' (Gao)

a-maedray 'young brother' t-ammüdraya 'younger

brotherhood'

a-mseqqar 'elder brother' t-ammuqqara 'elder brotherhood'

a-saeqqar 'brother' t-assüqqara 'fraternity'

ά-m-idi 'friend' t-amm-ldawa 'friendship' (Vdw)

ae-mdwad 'young man' t-ammiwada 'youthfulness'

[A-grm]

erk ae-wadam 'bad person' t-irwidama 'banditry'

ae-wadam 'person' t-awwldama 'humanity'

t-lrwa 'giving birth' t-atfirawa 'kinship, family'

[abstractive also t-attirwaj

c. feminine (three syllables with final a, default accent)

0-aeyn0y-asn 'new-MaSg' t-aynaya (K-d) 'newness'

[deadjectival; noun also t-aynaya (A-grm)]

d. masculine (trisyllabic, C-final, default accent)

t-a-baeror-t 'wealth' abbarar 'richness'

— — abbayyu 'shiftlessness'

e-jaenzi 'low-class one' ajjanzu 'low class'