A Grammar of Tamashek (Tuareg of Mali)

4.1 Noun morphology 213

t-a-kambaw-t t-i-kambaw (A-grm) 'hornless animal'

t-a-kaerkor-t t-i-karkar 'stubbornness'

t-a-kaerkas-t t-i-karkas 'dove sp.'

t-e-kderres-t t-i-karras 'knot'

t-a-m-akres-t t-i-m-akras (A-grm) 'knot'

t-a-karres-t t-i-karras (A-grm) 'trickery'

t-a-m-sksoy-t t-i-m-aksay 'ochre'

t-e-laeftes-t t-i-laftas 'rib cut'

t-a-laekkot-t 1 1 t-i-lakkad 1 'reception'

t-a-lseqgot-t t-i-laqgad (A-grm) 'nape'

t-ae-lasyyeq-q t-i-layyar (A-grm) 'fatigue'

[T-ka: Sg t-as-layyaeq-q, PI t-i-liiyyar]

t-a-magket-t t-i-maqkad 'piece of meat'

t-a-maskoy-t t-i-maskay 'the poor woman

t-a-naffel-t t-i-naffal 'butting'

t-a-nakkef-t t-i-nakkaf 'head butt'

t-ae-rakken-t t-i-rakkan 'halting' (VblN)

t-se-rammeq-q t-i-rammcnr 'fright' (VblN)

t-a-sarret-t t-i-sarrad 'stripe'

t-a-s-askar-t t-i-s-askar 'grass sp.'

t-a-sakkot-t t-i-sakkad 'hair tuft'

t-a-sambot-t t-i-sambad 'bird's tail'

t-a-zayder-t t-i-zaydar 'patience'

c. C-final, Sg vowels short-full, initial and medial clusters, masculine
α-gdalset i-gdalsat (A-grm) 'morning'

d. C-fmal, Sg vowels short-full,no clusters, feminine
t-a-s-ahrar-t t-i-s-arar (A-grm) 'non-milk cow'
[PI elsewhere t-i-saerar-en]

e. C-final, Sg vowels short-short, masculine
a-dardar i-dardar (A-grm) 'sewing up'
a-rallam i-rallam 'cud stomach'
a-jallad i-jallad 'Ijellad clan'
e-kaeqkaen i-kaqkan 'saltlick'
a-s-alxam i-s-alxam 'soldering metal'
a-marras i-marras (A-grm) 'feeling bad'
[also suffixal i-marris-aen]
a-s-adlaj i-s-adlaj 'ornaments'
a-s-afrad i-s-afirad 'broom'
a-s-aftav i-s-aftav 'bedding'
a-s-agras i-s-agras 'tobacco cloth'
a-s-arnas i-s-avnas 'veil'
a-s-akmas i-s-akmas 'cloth bag'