[89263] in tlhIngan-Hol
RE: Questions on "expanded" noun-noun phrases
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Felix Malmenbeck)
Tue Aug 30 14:05:05 2011
From: Felix Malmenbeck <felixm@kth.se>
To: "tlhingan-hol@kli.org" <tlhingan-hol@kli.org>
Date: Tue, 30 Aug 2011 17:58:54 +0000
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> Did Maltz give us the word "ngIq" this year just gone? Would that do?
> qep'a' attendees, your assistance is required.
Yeah, my first thought when I saw ngIq being used was that it was the answer to my prayers, but the "one-by-one" interpretation has me wondering.
As Robyn suggests, however, it does seem to be a versatile word that we may learn to use in various ways later on.
What would be nifty about having a verb is that you could manipulate it in a bunch of fun ways, but of course there's quite a few nifty things you can do with nouns, as well :)
I've previously thought one may be able to say something like Hoch wej puqwI' {All three of my children}, or possibly doing something with naQ {be full/whole/entire/complete}.
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Subject: RE: Questions on "expanded" noun-noun phrases
> On a side note, I wish there were a word meaning "to be the
> only one(s)".
> qeylIS wa' puqloD [only] - Kahless' only son
> wej 'etlhmeywIj [only] - All of my three blades
> wa' toQDuj [only]be' - One of my more than one
> Birds-of-Prey
Did Maltz give us the word "ngIq" this year just gone? Would that do? qep'a' attendees, your assistance is required.
