A Grammar of Tamashek (Tuareg of Mali)

Indices 729

3 Affixes, clitics, and particles

note: zero and vowel-only morphemes are listed at the beginning; as in the dictionary,

other morphemes are alphabetized based on consonants, with geminates

treated as single units and with vowels disregarded.

-0- (zero)
imperative singular, §7.2.3.2
reduced from PI prefix -i-, (125) in
§3.5.1
lSg possessor for inalienables,
(251) in §5.2.3
3MaSg prefix with V-initial verb
§7.4.1.4
-a- Sg prefix (nouns)
reduced from PI -i-, (125) in §3.5.1
reduced from Sg -x-, -e-, (125) in
§3.5.1
-χ- Sg prefix (nouns)
reduced from Sg -α-, -e-, (125) in
§3.5.1
α-\ (see Future ad)
-α- Sg vocalic prefix (nouns), §4.1.2.1
-a- demonstrative morpheme(s)
α minimal demonstrative, §4.3.1
ο nonhuman relative head,
§12.1.6.3
ά Focus morpheme, §12.2
-ά- Sg unmarked or Proximal
demonstrative, §4.3.1, (709) in
§12.1
a-w-ά, ά-di, a-w-en single-form
(non-agreeing)
demonstratives, §4.3.1
-\a- (see Dative clitic Aha-)
...a ...a possible archaic Fe suffix at
end of feminine VblN or
abstractive nominal, (541.a-e)
in §8.6.1.1, (545.n) (546.d)
(547.a) and (550.a) in §8.6.1.2,
(560.b) in §8.6.2, (562.a-c,g) in
§8.6.5, (603.c-d) in §8.12.2
e, he Future particle (non-clause-
initial), §9.6.3
in participles, §8.5.6.2
e Dative preposition before C, §6.3

-e- Sg vocalic prefix (nouns), §4.1.2.1

-e- suffix before pronominal suffix

pronominalized numeral, (236-7)

in §5.1.2.5

...e at end of feminine VblN or

abstractive nominal, (545.1-m)

in §8.6.1.2, (566) in §8.6.5,

(603.a-b) in §8.12.2

-\e 3MaSg object clitic after stem-final

α or deletable vowel, (669) in

§10.3.1

1 demonstrative as relative head

Mai, Fe t-1 indefinite human,

§12.1.6.2

1 after lst/2nd person pronoun,

(709) in §12.1

1 (dialectal) Dative preposition before

C, §6.3

ι Proximate postnominal particle,

§4.3.3

i- 3MaSg prefix (verbs), §7.4.1.4

in MaSg-subject participles, (498)

in §8.5.1

-i- PI vocalic prefix (nouns), §4.1.2.1

-i- in PI demonstrative pronouns,

§4.3.1-2

-i lSg suffix

with prepositions, (272) in §6.2

(rare) possessor with inalienables,

(251) in §5.2.3

u 'son of..." compounds, §5.2.4.2-3

-u suffix on singular personal

pronoun, §4.2

ebre 'toward' (preposition), §6.6.3

ba-\0-s 'no longer', §13/6/7

ad, ar Future particle (clause-initial),

§9.6.3

ad becomes a- before clitic, §9.6.3

ad versus a-\d, §12.2.4, §13.2.1

a-\d subordinator