A Grammar of Tamashek (Tuareg of Mali)

326 7 Verbal morphology

d. heavy stem subject to CpGemination in Shlmpf and perfectives

-PvCvC-

-PvCCvC-

-PvCCu-

-PaCCu-

-PvCu- (+ -t)

-PaCu- (+ -t)

-jePPseCseC-

-aePPasCCaeC-

/-aePPaeCCi-/

/-aePPaCCi-/

-£ePPasCas-t

-aePPaCae-t

-t-aPaeCaC-

-t-aPaeCCaC-

-t-aPaeCCa-

-t-aPaeCCa-

-t-aPasCa-t

-t-aPaCa-t

stem-wide <H> melody

e. stem with lexical u or i, except -CiCvC- and-CiCu-, see (c)

above

-iCi- -iCi- -t-iCi-

-vCu- -aCu- -t-iCu-

-vPQu- -aPQu- -PiQQu-

-uCvC- -aCaC- -t-lCaC-

-uPQvC- -üPQvC- -FiQQuC-

[LoImpfP also -PuQQaC-, -t-uPQaC-] 1

-CuCvC- -aCuCaC- -t-lCuCuC-

-PuCO- /-aP(P)uCi-/ -t-lPaCCu-

-PuCu- (+ -t) -aPPuCa-t -t-lPuCu-t

-PuCCu- (+ -t) -aPPuCCa-t -t-lPaCCu-t

-PvQuCvC- -aPQuCaC- -t-lPQuCuC-

-PvQuCu- /-aPQuCi-/ -t-iPQuCu-

-PvQuCv- (+ -t) -aPQuCa-t -t-lPQuCu-t

-PvQiCvC- -aPQiCaC- -t-lPQiCiC-

-PvQiCv- (+ -t) -aPQiCa-t -t-IPQiCi-t

-PuCCvC- -aPPuCCaC- -t-lPaCCuC-

-PuCCvCu- (+ -t) -aPPuCCaCa-t -t-iPaCCaCu-t

f. light stem with initial full υ (arguably underlying u)

-uCi> 1-aCi-l /-t-iCi-/

[A-grm has LoImpfP /-t-dCi-/]

-υΡΡυ- /-αΡΡι-/ /-t-iPPi-/

-uPQu- /-aPQi-/ /-t-iPQi-/

-uCvC- -aCaC- -t-iCsC-

[A-grm has LoImpfP -t-aCaC-]

-uPQvC- -aPQaC- -t-iPQaC-

[A-grm has LoImpfP -t-dPQaeC-]

g. superheavy stem subject to Stem-Initial Syncope in Shlmpf and

perfectives

-PvQvCCvCvC- -aPQaCCaCaC- -t-iPQaCCaCiC-

-PvQvCCu- /-aPQaCCi-/ -t-lPQaCCi-

-PvQvCu- (+ -t) -sPQaCa-t -t-lPQaCi-t