[85536] in tlhIngan-Hol
Re: nuq bach?
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (MorphemeAddict@wmconnect.com)
Tue May 26 18:45:33 2009
From: MorphemeAddict@wmconnect.com
Date: Tue, 26 May 2009 18:43:18 EDT
To: tlhingan-hol@kli.org
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In a message dated 5/26/2009 12:29:02 Eastern Daylight Time,
sboozer@uchicago.edu writes:
> Question: Can question words like {nuq} and {'Iv} even take noun
> suffixes? I can find only one example:
>
> Sojvetlh 'oH nuq'e'
> What is that food? (PK)
>
> and this comment by Okrand:
>
> Question words (in this case, {nuq} "what?") function
> the same way pronouns do in questions with to be in the
> English translations. Thus, the question {yIH nuq?}
> "What is a tribble?" is exactly parallel to the statement
> {yIH 'oH} "It is a tribble" [...] [st.k (12/12/1996)]
>
You haven't mentioned that {nuqDaq} is considered {nuq} + {-Daq} per TKD.
Also, if {nuq} can replace any noun, then it 'should' be able to fit in
anywhere a noun can, including before noun suffixes. E.g.,
[km] "The room has no view."
[mo] {pa'vo' pagh leghlu'.}
[Lit. "Nothing is seen from the room." [CK]
If we mis-hear this, we should be able to ask {nuqvo' pagh leghlu'}.
Of course, we have no examples of this in canon with either {nuq} or {'Iv}.
lay'tel SIvten
