tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Fri Aug 23 20:14:21 1996
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RE: RE: RE: An offer you shouldn't refuse!
- From: "Andeen, Eric" <[email protected]>
- Subject: RE: RE: RE: An offer you shouldn't refuse!
- Date: Fri, 23 Aug 1996 8:01pm
ghItlh Kenneth Traft:
>>>"{puqnI'} is clearly *grandchild*..."
>Actually I think the "grand child" angle is quite good (that cousin part
is
>another matter though).
If forced, I would think of puqnI' as niece/nephew: puq (child) and nI'
(sibling). *However*, we have NO evidence of nI' meaning sibling or
*anything* else; all we have is be'nI' for sister and loDnI' for brother.
The fact that I had a *completely* different interpretation illustrates
the danger of making up words which seem perfectly logical: they may seem
perfectly logical *to you*, but others may not share your interpretation.
pagh