tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Wed Nov 08 18:24:36 1995
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Re[6]: ranks and titles (was Suppletion)
- From: [email protected] (Alan Anderson)
- Subject: Re[6]: ranks and titles (was Suppletion)
- Date: Wed, 8 Nov 1995 21:24:39 -0500
r'Hul writes:
>I think that could be it. <puqbe'> (and <puqloD>) seem to be one of the few
>compound nouns where the second noun describes the first. i.e. type of
>child.
Why must {puqbe'} be a type of child? It's just as reasonable to think
that it's a type of female. Can't we think of {puqloD} as primarily a
male? It's just an "offspring" kind of male.
(Maybe ~mark will *blink* again. :-)
-- ghunchu'wI' batlh Suvchugh vaj batlh SovchoH vaj