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RE: KLBC: Joints

December 12, 1996 3:31 PM, jatlh jo'Saq:

> Can <-Daq> be used for locating things other than in the "area above" or
> "area below" and such?  Would <DesDaq qIv> be possible for "knee"?

I believe that {-Daq} cannot be used as part of a noun phrase (at least, I 
don't think it has been used that way so far).  It functions with the sentence 
as a whole.

> Or
> would that be too much of a hindsight verb?  (I guess it depends on how
> Klingons think of their arms, eh?)  Might it even be possible that they'd
> just use <qIv>, and they rely on context to determine whether they're
> talking about elbows or knees?

I don't think it's "hindsight-only."  It's a pretty obvious thing to work out. 
 However, I don't think they just use {qIv}.  If that were the case, Okrand 
would have written "knee, elbow" in the definition (which would've been kinda 
fun).  Of course, since we don't know what the word for "elbow" is, it could 
be anything (heh . . . 'I' cha'DIch . . .).

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