tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Thu Feb 01 12:45:35 1996
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Re: -wI'
On 31 Jan 96 at 12:30, David Barron wrote:
maSqa' ghItlh:
> > That's it! That's the elusive reference we've all been looking
> > for. Now unless Okrand made a boo-boo and wants to redefine it,
> > this seems like a go ahead to me for words like beQwI' and all the
> > rest.
>
> THis is exactly my point. There is a reference to -wI' on a stative
> verb for "one that is" . But does it carry the wieight to to use it
> as chISwI' for "white man"?
I don't like chISwI' but for totally different reasons. Like DoqwI'
and qIjwI' I think it is way to literal. Especially given the
multicolored species of the Star Trek universe ;-)
> david
maSqa'
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