A Grammar of Tamashek (Tuareg of Mali)

12.1 Relativization 629

c. ae-halas [w-α i-t-amattasu-t]

Sg-man [Ma-Dem.Sg 3MaSgS-LoImpf-fear.LoImpfP-Aug]

'the man whom he fears'

Compare the regular Resit stem -szzdy- 'know' and the regular LoImpfP

stems -tatt- 'eat' and -t-imattasu-t.

Further examples of definite object relatives with LoImpfP verbs are in

(718), using LoImpfP -tdtt- 'eat' (/-tattA-/), -jarraew- 'get', and -riddu-

'expect', which are first reduced to -taett- (/-tasttA-/), -jaerrasw-, and -raddu-

by χ-pcl Erasure. Then, Rightward Accent Shift applies, accounting for all

forms of -jaerraew- and of -raddu-. It accounts directly for all but the 3FeSg

form of -taett-, on which see below.

(718) a. w-ά tasttae-n

Ma-Dem.Sg eat.LoImpfP-3MaPl

'what they-Ma eat'

b. w-ά taettae-d

Ma-Dem.Sg eat.LoImpfP-2Sg

'what you-Sg eat'

c. w-ά jasrraew-aer

Ma-Dem.Sg get.LoImpfP-lSg

'what I get'

d. w-ά jaerraew-naet

Ma-Dem.Sg get.LoImpfP-3FePl

'what they-Fe get'

e. w-ά 0-jaerraew

Ma-Dem.Sg 3FeSgS-get.LoImpfP

'what she gets'

f. w-ά 0-raddu

Ma-Dem.Sg 3FeSgS-expect.LoImpfP

'what she expects'

The examples in (719) show that Rightward Accent Shift does not apply to

the 3MaSg or 1P1 forms, which have a (potentially) syllabic subject prefix.

(719) a. w-ά i-jaerraew

Ma-Dem.Sg 3MaSgS-get.LoImpfP

'what he gets'