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Re: Inherently Plural Nouns

• From: Steven Boozer <[email protected]>
• Subject: Re: Inherently Plural Nouns
• Date: Sun, 24 May 1998 17:43:08 -0500 (CDT)
• In-Reply-To: <[email protected]>

>What are the inherently plural nouns? Their singular counterparts that, along
>with the suffix -mey, give the "scattered about" connotation?  I know of
>veng/cha, chuyDaH/vIj, and DoS/ray'.  Are there more?
>
>tu'wI'

You ask some good questions, tu'wI'.  Let's see, I can think of:

begh		deflectors
chuyDaH		thrusters (sg. vIj)
cha		torpedoes (sg. peng)
ghISDen		scales
HoSDo'		energy beings (pl. only?)
jo		resources (sg. Sup)
lolSeHcha	attitude control thrusters
negh		soldiers (sg. mang; cf. KGT 49f for discussion)
no'		ancestors (sg. qempa')
ngop		plates (sg. jengva')
paSlogh		socks
pu'DaH		phaser banks
QaS		troops (not including officers)
Quv		coordinates
ray'		targets (sg. DoS)
wey		ship's crew complement (crew + officers; cf. KGT 50)
'aH		paraphernalia

Can anyone add to this list?

Voragh

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