[99043] in tlhIngan-Hol
Re: [Tlhingan-hol] emphasizing noun suffixes
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (SuStel)
Wed Jun 25 09:11:40 2014
Date: Wed, 25 Jun 2014 09:11:23 -0400
From: SuStel <sustel@trimboli.name>
To: tlhingan-hol@kli.org
In-Reply-To: <53AA98C0.4090108@gmx.de>
Errors-To: tlhingan-hol-bounces@kli.org
On 6/25/2014 5:39 AM, Lieven wrote:
> The word {jaghpu'na'} could mean "definitely enemies" (that is, there's
> no question that those people you're talking about are enemies and not
> friends or neutral parties or whatever), but, in the proper context, it
> could also mean "definitely (several or a lot of) enemies," focusing on
> the group or plurality.
{-na'} is a confirmation that everything to the left of it accurately
describes the thing. This includes any plural suffix. {jaghpu'na'} "the
word {jaghpu'} is definitely the correct word for this concept" confirms
that the {-pu'} belongs. In cases where there's no need to confirm that
{jagh} is the right noun, but where the difference between {wa' jagh}
and {jaghpu'} is in question, {jaghpu'na'} will obviously have the
effect of confirming the questionable {-pu'} part.
--
SuStel
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