jeff_l
(Jeff_L)
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7.3 Verb classes and irregular verbs 427
d. nominalization
VblN Iji, t-ljaw-t
Agent e-m-aejj
This is the only verb of the shape -vCi> (or -Ci>) whose vocalism is like
that of -vCCi> verbs, ah subclass (§7.3.1.3). Sample PerfP forms are 3MaSg
ϊ-ja, 2Sg t-aje-d, 3MaPl ajae-n, 3FePl ajas-naet. The PerfN shows e vowel due
to ablaut formative 6-pelf (§7.2.2.3) in combinations with a -CaeC subject
suffix or an underlying /-aeC/ subject suffix, as in waer t-aje-m 'you-MaPl did
not do' with underlying /-asm/ suffix. Sample Shlmpf forms are 3MaSg 0-sej,
lSg sj-aer, 3MaPl aja-n (from /-aeji-aen/), and 2FePl t-aja-maet. Examples of
long imperfectives are 3MaPl LoImpfP t-djjae-n 'they do' and its negation
LoImpfN waer t-ajja-n 'they don't do'. A Prohib example is w£r t-aejj 'don't
do!'.
In some dialects, the initial schwa is absent in perfective forms that lack a
subject prefix: je-γ (instead of aje-γ), etc.
In derivatives, the j is geminated to jj, giving the verb a more normal
appearance (compare -vkku- 'go', -νηηυ- 'say'). The Agentive is therefore
e-m-aejj, Pll-maejj-αη, as in the phrase e-m-aejj η aelxer 'doer of good'. The
passive is of the type PerfP -aetw-asjja-, with geminated jj throughout
(LoImpfP -t-awaejja-, VblN a-tw-ajj). The causative is -svw-vjju- (PerfP
-aesw-aejja-), with an extra w in the derivational prefix (§8.1.1).
7.3.2.15 '(day) break' (vfrv, f)
The verb meaning '(day) break', with invariable 3MaSg subject, denotes the
time just before sunrise when the sky becomes light. Its stem paradigm is in
(433).
(433) '(day) break'
PerfP -aeffo-, -aeffew-
Shlmpf -Ifaw-
LoImpfP -t-ifaw-
noun t-ifaw-t 'daybreak'
For other imperfectives based on -iC(C)aC- shape, see §7.3.1.10-11.
In the PerfP, the dialects diverge. I recorded -aeffo- for {K-d K-f R T-ka
T-md}, but -aeffew- for some eastern dialects {A-grm Im R}. -aeffo- is
completely isolated structurally, while -aeffew- has a shape -aeCCeC- also
found with -aezzed- 'be sweet' and -aeddew- 'accompany' (§7.3.1.01). For
Niger, LTD2 gives 3MaSg PerfP "äffaw" for Tawellemmett (p. 73) and
"yäffo" for Tayert (p. 57). For Algeria, DTF 1.297-8 gives 3MaSg PerfP
"ieffo". Tayert and Algeria have imperfectives based on -ufu-.
