tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Wed Apr 30 19:59:41 1997
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Re: family suffixes
On Wed, 30 Apr 1997, Steven Boozer wrote:
> qoror wrote:
> |< does that mean we might be able to construct compound words with that?
> |< (As canonical as other compound words of ours.) Such as... let me
> |< think... "naltay" for "marriage"? >>
> |
> |We already have a tlhIngan Hol word for "marriage": {tlhogh}.
> |
> |peHruS
>
> As well as two verbs for "marry": {Saw} (groom does this) and {nay} (bride
> does this). In light of {nalqaD} however, {*naltay} isn't a bad candidate
> for "wedding, marriage ceremony".
I have another possible alternative, this may not be acceptable... but
what about the combination of the male-female verbs for "to marry" ? If
I'm reading what's above me right, we could use "Sawnay" or "naySaw" for
<<marriage ceremony, wedding>>
Just my two targhs thrown in there....
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