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Re: poH'a'

K'ryntes jang Qov:
>{poH'a'} refers to not so much a large period of ordinary time, but
>something greater than time.  Simply "a lot of time" would be {poH tIn}.
>Someone is going to follow up and insist that this should be {poH law'} but
>{poH} is a "period of time" and it's not a lot of them, but one big one that
>your efforts demand.  So I think I'm right.

I agree that {poH law'} is not the right idea.  The idea considered 
here is not "many times."  But it's not a "big time," either.  It's a
"long time."  The period of time being talked about isn't "large" the 
way a physical object is.  It's "lengthy" the way a boring lecture is.

The "right" way to say this is obviously {poH nI'}.

-- ghunchu'wI'

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