[84280] in tlhIngan-Hol
Re: Klingon WOTD: nIHwI' (noun)
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Mark J. Reed)
Tue Mar 25 00:15:29 2008
Date: Mon, 24 Mar 2008 12:00:54 -0400
From: "Mark J. Reed" <markjreed@mail.com>
To: tlhingan-hol@kli.org
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On Mon, Mar 24, 2008 at 11:39 AM, Steven Boozer <sboozer@uchicago.edu> wrote:
> This is of course the nomen agentis of the verb {nIH} "steal".
>
> Related verbs include {Hej} "rob" and {qor} "scavenge".
Do we have any canonical help with the distinction between {nIH} and
{Hej}? The difference between the English glosses is pretty darn
subtle, if not nonexistent, depending on context.
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Mark J. Reed <markjreed@mail.com>
