tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Sun Jun 15 20:23:42 1997
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RE: KLBC: yIn QaDwIj
- From: "David Trimboli" <[email protected]>
- Subject: RE: KLBC: yIn QaDwIj
- Date: Mon, 16 Jun 97 03:21:51 UT
Stardate Hovjaj: 97455.11 jatlh Q'ISto'va:
> Say, the following could be used for vampire...
>
> lom'e' 'Iw tlhutlhwI' (Corpse who drinks blood... perfect!)
That's not right. You cannot use a Type 5 noun suffix on any noun in a
noun-noun construction except the last one (TKD 3.4). The {'e'} would have to
go. But even then, {lom 'Iw tlhutlhwI'} simply means "corpse blood drinker."
Literally, "corpse which drinks blood" would be {'Iw tlhutlhbogh lom'e'}. Not
that I think this is THE phrase for "vampire" . . .
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SuStel
Beginners' Grammarian
Stardate 97456.9