A Grammar of Tamashek (Tuareg of Mali)

8.6 Verbal nouns 535

b. other C-final stems

bsehaw-

baesaw-

baenaw-

baezaw-ι

daebar-

-äddarasr-ι ι

-addamdaem-

-agraez-

'be smoky grey'

'be hard of hearing'

'be dark brown'

'be yellow-brown'

'be grey (donkey)'

'be needy'

'be mute'

'be stingy'

c. V-final (augmented) stems

dala-t

-aeffewas-t

daera-t

-addarae-t

-abbakae-t

'be green'

'be greyish brown'

'be dark brown'

'be plump'

'be spotted'

t-aebbaehasw-t

t-aebbaesaew-t

t-aebbaenaew-t

t-aebbaezaew-t

t-aeddaebaer-t

t-aeddaeraer-t

ι ·

t-aeddaemdaem-t

t-aggaraz-t (A-grm)

t-aeddalas-t-t

t-aeffawae-t-t

t-aeddaerae-t-t

tl ti

t-aebbaekae-t-t

d. V-final (augmented) stems

-aesohaer- 'be stocky' t-assuhar-t

The abstractives in (565) denoting colors can usually be glossed by
English color nouns: 'dark brown (color)', etc. The verbs in (565.c) are all V-
final stems, so the abstractives have the extra postvocalic Fe -t- suffix. The
form in (565.d) seems to belong here on grounds of semantics, but since r is a
BLC we cannot tell whether the final vowel is a or as, and in view of
(admittedly nonadjectival) nominal t-abbilaen-t 'wrestling', see (605) in
§8.10.2, we cannot completely rule out a rather than melody.
Another abstractive pattern typical of adjectival verbs, mostly non-color,
with imperfectives based on a stem -ICCaC-, is illustrated in (566).

(566) Abstractives for Other Adjectival Verbs

Imprt gloss abstractive

:-a-CPaQe

Iblah 'be tame' t-a-blahe

Idras 'be few' t-a-drase

Ikraz 'be tight' t-a-kraze

ImYar 'be red' t-a-mrare

Inras 'be easy, cheap' t-a-rrase

[variant t-a-rarse]

b. t-a-CaPQe

llmad 'be soft' t-a-lamde

Ismad 'be cold' t-a-samde (PI t-i-samdiw-en)