tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Tue Nov 28 21:38:58 1995
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Re: TLHINGAN-HOL digest 311
- From: [email protected] (Alan Anderson)
- Subject: Re: TLHINGAN-HOL digest 311
- Date: Wed, 29 Nov 1995 00:39:21 -0500
MR PAUL J COFFEY writes:
> Or is it rIpwI' -> councilor and rIpwI'wI' -> my councilor }}:)
Smiley or no, {rIpwI'} cannot mean "councilor", whatever that is, because
"council" IS NOT A VERB. {rIp} is a NOUN; thus, {rIpwI'} can only mean
"my council".
> If the council is composed of beings capabnle of speech wouldn't that
>mandate -wI'?
Not necessarily. When a group of people form a committee, I grant that
the committee can "speak." But arguments can be made either way regarding
some groups; a crowd, for instance, or a boarding party. I think that in
this particular case, a council as a whole can be considered to speak.
> In which case:
> a councilor = rIpwI'
You're continuing your error. There is no word "councilor" in this sense.
> my council = rIpwI'
> and of course:
> my counsel = qeSwIj
As long as you're at it, you shouldn't forget the one that DOES work.
my counselor = qeSwI'wI'
-- ghunchu'wI' batlh Suvchugh vaj batlh SovchoH vaj