A Grammar of Tamashek (Tuareg of Mali)

8.12 Other nominals 567

t-a-rakket-t I I

t-a-rsmmeq-q

t-o-satteq-q

t-a-sarret-t

t-a-takkel-t

t-a-zalley-t

t-a-lammez-t

'hop'

'fright'

'(a) slap'

'line, stripe'

'handful'

'part in hair'

'chance event'

b. t-a-CCSCCe-t- (from -CvCvCCu-)

t-a-ksanne-t-t 'vaccination'

t-osrsmme-t-t '(a) sip'

t-a-twaqqe-t-t '(a) pinch, dram'

t-a-wlaqqe-t-t 'quick lick'

-vrkvd-'hop'

-vrmvY- 'be frightened'

-vstw- 'slap'

-vsrvd- 'draw'

-vtkvl- 'take in hand' (Vdkl)

-vzlvy- 'separate'

-lummvz- 'have by chance'

-kvsvnnu- (-t) 'vaccinate'

-svrvmmu- (-t) 'sip'

-tvwvqqu- (-t) 'take

handful'

-wvlvqqu- (-t) 'taste by

licking'

c. t-a-PsQQe-t-t (from -vPQi>, a/i subclass)

t-a-naqqe-t-t 'sacrificial animal' -vqru- 'kill'

[variant ...i-t-t]

There are also some examples similar to those in (598), but with full u or i.
not a (599). The Sg vocalic prefix is now -a- (T-ka), dialectally -as-.

(599) Nominals with «u e» or «i e» Vocalic Sequence

nominal gloss related verb and gloss

a. 3-CuCCeC (from -CvCCvC- or -CuCCvC-)

3-tuktek 'whisper'

ae-tugkel (K-d) 'invisibility'

b. t-3-CüPPe-t-t (from -CuPPu-)

t-3-düqqe-t-t

t-9-YÜbbe-t-t

t-3-mülle-t-t

t-3-küsse-t-t

t-3-tubbe-t-t

'poke'

'gulp'

'kiss'

'whistling'

'(a) whack'

cf. Caus -s-vtvktvk- 'whisper'

-turjkvl- 'be invisible'

-duqqu- (-t) 'poke'

-vubbu- (-t) 'gulp'

-mullu- (-t) 'kiss'

Caus -s-vkvssu- + (-t) 'whistle'

-tubbo- (-t) 'whack'

t-9-zümme-t-t 'helping hand' -zummu- (-t) 'help out'

c. t-IPPeC-t (from -vCvC-)

t-iddek-k '(a) sting' -vdvj- 'sting'

The patterns in (597-9) have featured e as final-syllable V. There are also a
number of similar cases with i instead of e. Examples are in (600). In some
cases, where phonetic [ε] is followed by a BLC like r or r (q), one cannot