tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Fri Aug 04 09:47:39 1995
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Re: Re[2]: }}} Dialects (was:...
- From: "William H. Martin" <[email protected]>
- Subject: Re: Re[2]: }}} Dialects (was:...
- Date: Fri, 4 Aug 1995 09:47:39 -0400 (EDT)
According to [email protected]:
>
> <<>Never tick-off a be'SuvwI'! ;-)
> <<>
> <<>r'Hul
>
>
> <<be'SuvwI' vIQeHmoH'a'
> <<ghe''or vImaSqu'chu' >}};-) *snicker*
>
> Just as {puqbe'} is "daughter," I think I would use {vajbe'} for female
> warrior. {SuvwI'be'} is also possible; but, I would not say {be'SuvwI'}.
>
> Comments?
Here, I'd tend to err on the conservative side. I'd use the
words in TKD that combine {be'} with another noun to indicate
female, and for anything else, I'd go for {be' ghaHbogh
SuvwI'}. It avoids the potentially lethal slip of the tongue,
confusing suffix sequence and calling someone a Suvbe'wI'.
> batlh yIqeqjaj 'ej Hoch yIQapjaj
>
> peHruS
charghwI'
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