[86511] in tlhIngan-Hol
RE: nom*i*nal*ize 2. to convert (an underlying clause) into a
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Steven Boozer)
Mon Sep 14 15:07:59 2009
From: Steven Boozer <sboozer@uchicago.edu>
To: "'tlhingan-hol@kli.org'" <tlhingan-hol@kli.org>
Date: Mon, 14 Sep 2009 13:28:52 -0500
In-Reply-To: <4AAE80A0.5010407@trimboli.name>
Errors-to: tlhingan-hol-bounce@kli.org
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SuStel:
>The other way to nominalize verbs in Klingon is with the suffix {-wI'}.
>
>tlhutlh drink (v)
>tlhutlhwI' drinker (n)
>tlhutlhpu'wI' someone who has drunk (n)
>
>There have been some doubts as to whether you can add other suffixes
>between the verb and {-wI'}. There is nothing explicitly ruling it out.
The only suffix MO has used with {-wI'} that I could find quickly was {-moH} (cause). In fact, he's used it several times:
bochmoHwI' sycophant, flatterer (slang) KGT
chenmoHwI' creator, maker KGT
najmoHwI' lullaby KGT
ngaDmoHwI' stabilizer (component of a ship) KGT
wovmoHwI' light (device) KBOP
yoymoHwI' inverter (device) (Bill Willmerdinger, BabelCon 2, vetted by MO)
--
Voragh
Canon Master of the Klingons
