396 7 Verbal morphology
the features of verbs with a medial full V (§7.3.1.7) and those of heavy non-
augment verbs with a stem-final V (§7.3.1.5). Sections §7.3.1.15-16, below,
cover other types of verbs with two full V's, viz., verbs with both an initial full
V and a final V, and augmented verbs with both a medial full V and a final V.
The basic shapes covered in this section are middleweight -CuC(C)i> and
superheavy -CvCuCo-. I begin with the middleweight subtype -CuCCu- with
medial cluster. The lexical medial V is always u rather than i (or a) in my
data. Examples are in (394).
(394) -CuCCu- Stems
'load'
-jujju-a. perfective system
PerfP -ajjujja-
Reslt -ajjüjja-
PerfN -ajjujja-b. short imperfective system
Shlmpf -sejjajj- (/-aejjajji-/) -ajjuss- (/-ajjussi-/)
Imprt jäjj jüssc. long imperfective system
LoImpfP -t-ajaejja- -t-ljsssu-
LoImpfN -t-ajajji- -t-ajassu-
Prohib -t-aejaejja- -t-ajassu-d. nominalization
VblN α-jajj, jasjja a-jüssIn both 'load' and 'go south', we have perfectives based on -aPPuCCa-,
produced from -PuCCu- by application of
V-Insertion, and Ci-Gemination (§3.5.8). As usual with perfectives that have
a stem-initial short V followed by a syllable containing a full high V, dialects
other than T-ka and A-grm have initial ae instead of a, thus -sejjujja- and
-aejjussa- in those other dialects.
The two verbs in (394) diverge in the melodies used in the short and long
imperfectives. 'Load' has an imperfective
finally (without subject suffix), appears as a before C-initial subject suffix, and
contracts with /ae/ at the beginning of V-initial subject suffixes to produce a.
Sample inflected Shlmpf forms are 3MaSg ad 0-aejjajj 'he will load', 2Sg ad
t-aejjajja-d, and 3FePl aejjajja-naet. In the long imperfectives, both verbs show
Medial V-Shortening, and the final u of -t-ijassu- is due to u-Spreading
'go south'
-jussu--ajjussa-
-ajjdssa-
-ajjussa-