A Grammar of Tamashek (Tuareg of Mali)

8.9 Nonagentive nominals with-m-or-η- 551

(578) Nonagentive Nominals with Distinctive Vocalism

verb gloss verb Nominal gloss

m-aeCCo (compare s-aeCCo, §8.9)

'eat'

'do well'

a-m-iiCaC

'tie up'

m-aCCuC

'see'

-vksu-

-vkni>

m-aekso

m-aekno

-vqqvn- a-m-uvan

-vnhvy- m-anhuy

m-eCCaC (compare CeCCaC, §8.11).

'be chosen' -n-vfrvn- n-efran

m-aeCCaC

'glue, affix' -vdrvr- m-aedrar

a-m-aeCCaC

'dwell'

'be owed'

ae-m-aCiC

'count'

-VZZVY-

-vrwvs-

a-m-aszzar

a-m-aerwas

'pest'

[occurs in a cpd]

'bound animal'

'something visible'

'being chosen'

'glue, paste'

'tent cluster'

'debt, credit'

a-m-aeCoC

'tend (flock)' -vdvn-

[A-grm: ae-m-arwas, in Agentive form]

-vdun- se-m-adin 'number (of...)'

a-m-aedon 'grass, fodder'

a-m-aPPsCaC (etc.)

'fight' -vknvs- a-m-skksnss 'fighter'

e-m-aekkennss

[cf. VblN a-kannss 'fight']

a-m-aCeC, t-a-m-aCeC-t, t-as-m-oPPeC-t

'employ' -vfvr- α-η-afer 'employee'

[cf. <Fr (un) ouvrier 'a laborer]

'tie knot' -vkrvs- t-a-m-akres-t 'knot' (A-grm)

'hold' (Vdf) -vttvf- t-as-n-ottef-t 'enjoying holding'

(K-d)

Another case worth mentioning is α-majin 'milk of cow that had been left
un-milked for a few days'. In this case the m also occurs in the relevant verb,