[84596] in tlhIngan-Hol
Re: latlh
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Terrence Donnelly)
Mon May 5 23:29:55 2008
Date: Mon, 5 May 2008 20:27:32 -0700 (PDT)
From: Terrence Donnelly <terrence.donnelly@sbcglobal.net>
To: tlhingan-hol@kli.org
In-Reply-To: <F05B8376-AF64-41EF-AC74-5EB3B21A441C@alcaco.net>
Errors-to: tlhingan-hol-bounce@kli.org
Reply-to: tlhingan-hol@kli.org
--- ghunchu'wI' <qunchuy@alcaco.net> wrote:
> On May 5, 2008, at 11:01 AM, Doq wrote:
>
> > I'm not suggesting that it is being used as a
> Klingon adjective. I'm
> > suggesting that it is being used as an English
> one.
>
> A less contentious interpretation might be to call
> it an "attributive
> noun". If you want another example, look at {baS
> 'In}. Such words
> indeed act as adjectives in English, but they can
> just as easily fit
> the Klingon N-N construction alongside other
> genitive uses.
>
"Of the universal set of drums, the one involving
metal" 8+)
-- ter'eS
