tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Thu Feb 01 12:45:28 1996
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Re: -wI'
On 31 Jan 96 at 13:58, Mark E. Shoulson wrote:
> OK. Let's go through this:
>
> -wI' is given on p.44 as "one who does, thing which does." Examples
> there are given which follow those definitions.
> On p.164, "-wI'" is given as "one who is, one who does, thing which
> does." On p.167, "-wI'" is given as "one who is, one who does."
You forgot the most important one: page 168, "thing which is, thing
which does". This when added to the above listings okays ALL the uses
of -wI':
One who is (page 164)
One who does (page 44)
Thing which is (page 168)
Thing which does (page 44)
> ~mark
>
maSqa'
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