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Re: Klingon Bird of Prey (KBP) poster: THE TEXT!



>> 36. Saqjan
>>     Landing Gear

charghwI':  
:  Another verb becomes part of an apparent compound noun, though I 
:  guess it's just a polysyllabic noun. No compound.

peHruS:
: We already had Saqghom (TKD).

I'm surprised charghwI' forgot about this one; it's one of my favorite
examples.  Compare:

 Saqghom  "landing party"  
 tIjwI'ghom  "boarding party"

Which just shows that you can't predict which way Okrand will choose when
creating new words.  


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Voragh                            "Grammatici certant et adhuc sub judice
Ca'Non Master of the Klingons      lis est."         Horace (Ars Poetica)



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