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Re: [Tlhingan-hol] wovmoHbogh jan
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Alan Anderson)
Fri Nov 6 00:24:41 2015
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From: Alan Anderson <qunchuy@alcaco.net>
Date: Fri, 6 Nov 2015 00:24:02 -0500
To: tlhIngan Hol mailing list <tlhingan-hol@kli.org>
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On Thu, Nov 5, 2015 at 1:54 PM, qunnoQ HoD <mihkoun@gmail.com> wrote:
> I thought too,that {wovmoHbogh jan} is a word made of more words,but still I
> thought it would be it in KLI's list,because there are there other compound
> words too.
{wovmoHbogh jan} isn't a word. It's a phrase that means exactly what
the parts mean. There's no reason to give it a special vocabulary
entry of its own.
Other "compound words" such as {tlhach mu'mey} and {Hut'In vIl} are
listed because they have meanings that go beyond a literal translation
of the parts. You can call a screw a "ridgy nail" if you like, but
that doesn't quite explain what it really is the way the English word
"screw" does.
-- ghunchu'wI'
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