[86855] in tlhIngan-Hol
Re: tlhIngan porgh
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Fiat Knox)
Sun Nov 15 10:14:03 2009
Date: Sun, 15 Nov 2009 07:11:35 -0800 (PST)
From: Fiat Knox <fiat_knox@yahoo.co.uk>
To: tlhingan-hol@kli.org
In-Reply-To: <20091115145613.293830@gmx.net>
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Reply-to: tlhingan-hol@kli.org
If /'ay'/ is the possessed and /porgh/ the possessor, surely -Du' is appropriate in this instance.
--- On Sun, 15/11/09, Lieven Litaer <levinius@gmx.de> wrote:
> I was just wondering...
> Body parts take the plural for body parts, {-Du'}.
> But what about the word "body part" itself?
> Should I say
> {tlhIngan porgh 'ay'mey}
> or
> {tlhIngan porgh 'ay'Du'}
>
> {'ay'} is NOT a part of the body, so I guess {'ay'mey}
> would be correct.
