A Grammar of Tamashek (Tuareg of Mali)

8.6 Verbal nouns 517

(546) Alternative Verbal Noun Types for -vPPvC- Verbs

gloss Imprt Sg VblN

a. ePPaC (see also in §8.12.2)

PI VblN

'drip' addsm ι eddam (A-grm) —

[VblN variants udam and t-a-wdam-t]

'lending' äffod effad effad-aen

'cauterize' aqqad eqqad eqqad-aen

'applaud' sqqss eqqas eqqas-aen

'soar' allay ellay —

'dive' allaz I ellaz ellaz-aen

'forage' annas ennas ennas-asn

[A-grm VblN annas]

'swim' assaf essaf essaf-aen

b. ePaC

'sleep' attas

c. t-aePPaeC, t-aPPaC

'tie' aqqan

'be bigger' assam

d. t-ae-CaCa

'chase out' addar

edas etsaw-aen

t-aeqqaen, t-aqqan t-aeqqaen-en

t-assam, t-eessasm —

t-ae-dara t-i-dcnriw-en

e. t-a-CaC-t (K-d dialect)

'suckle' attad t-a-dat-t t-i-dud (§4.1.2.24)

While much less common than the productive uPaC (543-4), the ePPaC
type (546.a) does show up with a decent number of stems. The vocalism (e..a),
without the accent, recurs in the nominal derivative type CeCCaC, e.g. derhan
'wish' (§8.12.2). edss 'sleep' (546.b), with PI etsaw-aen, is more closely
related formally to üPsC (whose PI is uPPaw-aen). In (546.c) we have another
short-voweled VblN with t- prefix. For some speakers it is homophonous with
3FeSg PerfP t-sqqaen [t-ae'q:aen] or with 3FeSg Shlmpf t-sqqan [tae'qian]. Cf.
the type t-akma 'being sick' (541.e).
For -vCvC- verbs, the productive VblN e-CeC is found in nearly all cases
checked. Alternatives, mostly feminine, are in (547).