[86515] in tlhIngan-Hol
Re: nom*i*nal*ize 2. to convert (an underlying clause) into a noun
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (David Trimboli)
Mon Sep 14 16:15:26 2009
Date: Mon, 14 Sep 2009 16:12:40 -0400
From: David Trimboli <david@trimboli.name>
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Steven Boozer wrote:
> 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)
Right. Those people who object to [verb + suffix + -wI'] do so on the
basis that [verb + -moH] is a stem distinct from [verb].
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