tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Fri Jun 19 11:49:11 1998
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Re: qep'a' word list
- From: TPO <[email protected]>
- Subject: Re: qep'a' word list
- Date: Fri, 19 Jun 1998 14:49:04 -0400
>> In the qep'a' word list, the sentence "nuqDaq > DaDab" is given.
>Shouldn't
>> that be "nuq DaDab"?
>
>{nuqDaq} is a word in its own right, not {nuq} with a {-Daq} suffix.
>If the answer to a question is a location than the question can be
>safely formed by replacing the word or words giving the location with
>the word {nuqDaq}.
>
>We might have canon with {nuqDaqvo'}, meaning "whence." and
>demonstrating that the syllable {Daq} is not as a type 5 suffix. (Do
>we, Voragh? Oh canon master, give us the offical uses of {nuqDaq},
>please.)
Daq is also a noun, so nuqDaq would be a noun-noun, or in this case closer
to pronoun-noun (uh, err, something).
maH Daq - our location / the location of us.
nuqDaq - the what's location / the location of what.
DaqDaq - at the location
Daqvo' - from the location
DloraH