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Re: KLBC (qeqchu'wI'ghom)

• From: Alan Anderson <[email protected]>
• Subject: Re: KLBC (qeqchu'wI'ghom)
• Date: Tue, 13 Oct 1998 23:15:44 -0500
• In-Reply-To: <[email protected]>

ja' charghwI':
>> ("qeqchu'wI'ghom" is my attempt at describing a Marching Band, which
>>brings me
>> to a question: if I wanted to say "our marching band", would the ending be
>> "-ma'" or "-maj"?  The band is not a living being, but it is made up of
>>living
>> beings?)
>
>Group words do not get the "uses language" suffix because the
>groups are not capable of using language. Only the members of
>the group can do that.

Do we really know this for sure, or is it just a well-accepted assumption?

-- ghunchu'wI'

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