tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Mon May 08 14:02:58 1995
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Re: KLBC I'm confused (was: Re: Transitivity)
- From: "Silauren, Half-Elven" <[email protected]>
- Subject: Re: KLBC I'm confused (was: Re: Transitivity)
- Date: Mon, 8 May 1995 17:02:53 -0400 (EDT)
- In-Reply-To: <[email protected]>
On Mon, 8 May 1995, Steve Weaver wrote:
> Would these not require the {-wI'} suffix (one who is, one who does, thing
> which does) ?? ie, {jIHoH} "I kill", {jIHoHwI'} "I am a killer". Much like
> the "person" ending in ASL to make "Bake" into "Baker" (a person who bakes)
no. not quite. in the entire TKD, i have seen no indication that <-wI'>
can be used in conjunction with a pronominal prefix. i don't see a
specific rule prohibiting it, but it doesn't make sense to put <-wI'> on
something like <jIHoH>. you'd end up with <*jIHoHwI'> "one who is
I-kill". makes no sense.
<HoHwI'> "one who kills" makes sense. right now, i can't make sense of
anything that uses both a prefix and the <-wI'> suffix. if there is a
canon example of this, i'll gladly accept it, but i have yet to see any.
--naQ'avwI'
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