[89301] in tlhIngan-Hol
Re: Mandatory Introduction
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Gaerfindel)
Wed Aug 31 14:31:15 2011
Date: Wed, 31 Aug 2011 14:23:10 -0400
From: Gaerfindel <gaerfindel@hotmail.com>
To: tlhingan-hol@kli.org
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On 8/31/2011 1:59 PM, David Trimboli wrote:
> I heartily approve of {wIjwI'Hom} and {Du'Hom} for "gardener" and "garden." What is a farmer but a gardener on a larger scale? Remember, {-Hom} doesn't necessarily mean the noun is smaller; it just means the noun is a more minor version that it would be without the {-Hom}.
>
> SuStel
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: tlhingan-hol-bounce@kli.org [mailto:tlhingan-hol-bounce@kli.org] On Behalf Of André Müller
> Sent: Wednesday, August 31, 2011 10:46 AM
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> Subject: Re: Mandatory Introduction
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> Welcome David,
> There's no word for gardener or garden, but you can construct something like "little farmer": wIjwI'Hom :) Or, if you want, "little planter": pochwI'Hom Phonetically, wouldn't something like *jarDIyna' come closer?
SuStel makes a good point about -Hom, but I think I'll use *jarDIyna
tuq* when being formal. Alexander Rozhenko didn't say "wor'Iv puqloD"
when he joined the Rotarran's crew, did he?
quljIb
