[86053] in tlhIngan-Hol
Re: tlhIngan Degh (was Re: bong tlhIngan Hol pIqaD je vItu')
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Doq)
Sat Jun 27 15:43:25 2009
From: Doq <doq@embarqmail.com>
To: tlhingan-hol@kli.org
In-Reply-To: <B623955E193443389A91498B35DB4C6A@juH.Seruqtuq.net>
Date: Sat, 27 Jun 2009 15:41:06 -0400
Errors-to: tlhingan-hol-bounce@kli.org
Reply-to: tlhingan-hol@kli.org
mu'tlheghDaq mu' Qav DaDel DaneHlaw'.
Doq
On Jun 25, 2009, at 8:18 PM, DloraH wrote:
>>> It looks like he used it as a period.
>>> mu'tlhegh (insert one of the "end" words here) ghItlhlaw'meH lo'.
>>>
>>
>> I assume you mean the words {megh'an} and {'er'In}. Can
>> those words even
>> be applied to a relatively abstract object such as a
>> sentence? The only
>> words I've seen that are used as examples are "stick" and
>> "rope" or "whatever".
>> Are sentences part of 'whatever'?
>>
>> lay'tel SIvten
>
>
> megh'an (n) end of an object that has discernible length
> 'er'In (n) end of an object that has discernible length
> chaS (n) top end of a cane. (chaS)
> qa'rI' (n) end of a hallway, tunnel, road, a long field
> Dor (v intrans) end (of a stretch of time (month))
> van (v trans) end an event (voyage, song, story) which one has some
> control of (unlike a month)
> ghang (v trans) end prematurely
> bertlham (n) end/final portion of opera, play, story
> bI'reS (n) beginning/first portion of opera, play, story
> 'o'megh (n) final portion of a song
> lIH (v) begin (introduce) a song
> namtun (n) beginning portion of a song
> natlIS (n) end of a list
>
>
> Could a sentence be a list of words, thus [natlIS]? Or following
> the [tlhegh] portion of the word
> and stick with [megh'an/'er'In]? We could probably come up with
> things like [rInDI'] and such as
> well.
> How would we talk about the end of a sentence?
>
>
> DloraH
>
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