tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Wed Jul 01 14:00:00 1998
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Re: marrying
- From: Robyn Stewart <[email protected]>
- Subject: Re: marrying
- Date: Wed, 1 Jul 1998 13:59:09 -0700 (PDT)
---Anthony Appleyard <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> {Saw} = "he marries", and {nay} = "she marries", both gender
specific. But is
> it possible to stretch this gender rule as far as e.g.
{Sawchuqbe'wI'pu' puq
> ghaHbe'} for "he is illegitimate"?
I'm not sure that {Sawchuq} makes much sense beyond liturgical debates
in the United Church. {Saw} is "marry (husband does this)" so I'm
forced to interpret {Sawchuq} as marriage between men.
{SoSDaj Sawbe' vavDaj} would get your point across.
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