[96924] in tlhIngan-Hol
Re: [Tlhingan-hol] Sunlight and Starlight
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Alan Anderson)
Sun Aug 18 17:33:46 2013
In-Reply-To: <CABSTb1dARJOzH1ZBu-tv8jpPevietQZNrp3X=wuE4iV1jX7N0Q@mail.gmail.com>
From: Alan Anderson <qunchuy@alcaco.net>
Date: Sun, 18 Aug 2013 17:32:55 -0400
To: "tlhingan-hol@kli.org" <tlhingan-hol@kli.org>
Errors-To: tlhingan-hol-bounces@kli.org
On Sun, Aug 18, 2013 at 10:49 AM, Bellerophon, modeler
<bellerophon.modeler@gmail.com> wrote:
> I'm no canon authority, but I've noticed other compound words that strongly
> imply additional vocabulary.
Such as {nentay} "Rite of Ascension", perhaps? That one should tell
you to be cautious about what you infer. Yes, {nen} was eventually
revealed to us as a noun, but with the definition "growth, maturity".
The true meaning of an apparent morpheme doesn't necessarily
correspond to what you might expect based on the translation of a
compound.
-- ghunchu'wI'
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