tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Thu May 01 10:49:33 1997
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Re: family suffixes
- From: "William H. Martin" <[email protected]>
- Subject: Re: family suffixes
- Date: Thu, 1 May 1997 13:46:41 -0400 (EDT)
- In-Reply-To: <[email protected]> from "Steven Boozer" at Apr 30, 97 07:49:01 pm
According to Steven Boozer:
>
> 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".
>
> -- Voragh
Wouldn't {tlhoghtay} work exactly as well without any of the
controversy?
charghwI'