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Re: KBLC - READ THIS ONE TOO



At 03:53 98-04-25 -0700, Natahn Grange wrote:
}
}janlI' belHa'wI'
}your cruel device

"your [animate] device's displeased one"

}[your device](found: cruel)
}
}one/thing who ungives pleasure

bel - be pleased
belHa' - be displeased
belHa'wI' - one who is displeased

But look at the type 4 verb suffix.
belHa'moH - cause to be displeased
belHa'moHwI' - thing that causes displeasure, thing that displeases

Note that the mere juxtaposition of words doesn't necesarily give them the
relationship you wanted them to have.  

janlI' belHa'moHwI' means something like "The displeasurer of your device"
It might be a component, perhaps.  

Qov     [email protected]
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