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Re: [Tlhingan-hol] do {vIttlhegh} become {ngo'} or {qan}?
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Brent Kesler)
Fri Sep 6 12:31:17 2013
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Date: Fri, 6 Sep 2013 12:31:02 -0400
From: Brent Kesler <brent.of.all.people@gmail.com>
To: tlhingan-hol@kli.org
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On Fri, Sep 6, 2013 at 5:56 AM, Rohan Fenwick <qeslagh@hotmail.com> wrote:
>
> In the other direction, though, I had an Ubykh proverb in my signature for
> a long time, of which the English translation was "Old roads and old
> friends will never deceive you". The problem is that English "old friend"
> in this circumstance doesn't really mean {jup qan}. Can one, therefore,
> talk about a {jup ngo'} - an old friend, one that one has known for a long
> time - as opposed to a {jup qan}, merely a friend who happens to be old?
>
> I don't expect an answer, of course - this is a mere rhetorical
> consideration.
>
jup nI'?
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_quote">On Fri, Sep 6, 2013 at 5:56 AM, Rohan Fenwick <span dir=3D"ltr"><=
;<a href=3D"mailto:qeslagh@hotmail.com" target=3D"_blank">qeslagh@hotmail.c=
om</a>></span> wrote:<br>
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<div><div dir=3D"ltr"><br><div>In the other direction, though, I had an Uby=
kh proverb in my signature for a long time, of which the English translatio=
n was "Old roads and old friends will never deceive you". The pro=
blem is that English "old friend" in this circumstance doesn'=
t really mean {jup qan}. Can one, therefore, talk about a {jup ngo'} - =
an old friend, one that one has known for a long time - as opposed to a {ju=
p qan}, merely a friend who happens to be old?<br>
<br>I don't expect an answer, of course - this is a mere rhetorical con=
sideration.<br></div></div></div></blockquote><div><br><br></div><div>jup n=
I'? <br></div></div></div></div>
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