[96769] in tlhIngan-Hol
Re: [Tlhingan-hol] teSwIj nIH
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Steven Boozer)
Mon Jul 22 09:35:55 2013
From: Steven Boozer <sboozer@uchicago.edu>
To: "tlhingan-hol@kli.org" <tlhingan-hol@kli.org>
Date: Mon, 22 Jul 2013 13:35:36 +0000
In-Reply-To: <3CFAA10C-D407-4C50-B56F-8BDC99ADE14B@flyingstart.ca>
Errors-To: tlhingan-hol-bounces@stodi.digitalkingdom.org
Gaerfindel:
>> mu'oy'moH teSwIj nIH.
Qov
> Note that nIH is a noun, so teSwIj nIH would be "the right side of my
> ear".
>
> I have a suspicion nIH and poS work like 'em and tlhop, meaning that one
> would say jIH nIH teS - the ear of my right side. Perhaps that is just a
> hyper correction by someone trying not to sound Krotmagian.
AFAIK we have only one example of {nIH} "right (side) and {poS} "left (side)":
poSDaq nIHDaq je QamtaHvIS SuvwI'pu', chaH jojDaq yItnIS lopwI'
The initiate must pass through a gauntlet of warriors. (S9)
This suggests another possibility:
? nIHDaq mu'oy'moH teSwIj.
? nIHDaq 'oy'[choH] teSwIj.
... with {jIH} being understood since {teS} is marked with {-wIj}.
Can anyone think of an example of an "area noun" being used with a body part?
Are there any other examples of {nIH} and {poS} in the paq'batlh?
--
Voragh
Ca'Non Master of the Klingons
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