[99453] in tlhIngan-Hol
Re: [Tlhingan-hol] suffices on verb-adjectives
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (SuStel)
Tue Sep 2 10:55:28 2014
Date: Tue, 02 Sep 2014 10:55:09 -0400
From: SuStel <sustel@trimboli.name>
To: tlhingan-hol@kli.org
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On 9/1/2014 8:27 PM, Brad Wilson wrote:
> TKD is quite prescriptive in the use of suffices on verbal adjectives
> (TKD 4.4):
> vsR {-qu'} can be added as an intensifier - {Dujmey tInqu'} (very big ships)
> ns5 {-Daq} is added to the verbal adjective when it is called for on the
> noun - {veng tInqu'Daq} (in the very big city)
> Have we received any additional information about such suffices?
> I'm thinking specifically of {-be'} which would seem to be a very
> logical usage where a verb-adjective with an opposite-meaningdoes not
> exist - {wep Doqbe'} (the not-red jacket). Or do we stick with the more
> traditional {Doqbe'bogh wep} ?
Three of the four rovers have been sighted on adjectival verbs. Examples:
-qu':
Dujmey tInqu'
very big ships (TKD)
-be':
wa'maH yIHmey lI'be'
ten useless tribbles (CK)
-Ha':
Duj ngaDHa'
unstable vessel (literal)
person who is wildly irresponsible, out of control, undisciplined
(slang) (KGT)
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