[90731] in tlhIngan-Hol
Re: [Tlhingan-hol] plural of
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (David Trimboli)
Thu Nov 17 08:30:47 2011
Date: Thu, 17 Nov 2011 08:30:07 -0500
From: David Trimboli <david@trimboli.name>
To: tlhingan-hol@stodi.digitalkingdom.org
In-Reply-To: <CA+7zAmNfbfbjtUfwmw7OTbjhTK4H2exhL943S_f1a6qFDka1=A@mail.gmail.com>
Errors-To: tlhingan-hol-bounces@stodi.digitalkingdom.org
On 11/17/2011 6:22 AM, De'vID jonpIn wrote:
> Now, this raises the question: if Klingons had <qam wovmoHwI'[mey]>
> which they refer to as <qam> in the abbreviated singular, is the plural
> of the abbreviation <qammey> or <qamDu'>? The above suggests <qammey>,
> but OTOH we have examples of body parts being used metaphorically to
> refer to non-body-part objects having plurals in <-Du'> (e.g.,
> <DeSqIvDu'>, <jIb Ho'Du'>).
If Klingon nouns are indeed gendered, which English nouns are not, then
the Klingon plural would most likely be {qamDu'}. It would not matter
how English handles it, since English pluralizes without regard to gender.
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