tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Thu Apr 25 00:25:02 2002
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RE: 'e' vIneH
> chan "Texas" Dabbogh tlhIngan Hol jatlhwI'pu' lutu'lu''a'?
> ...I was unsure as
> to how {chan} is used, but I have it glossed as a noun, so I went for
> noun-noun.
It is used as a noun-noun, but you wrote "Texas of the area to the east"
instead of "Area to the east of Texas" /Texas chan/.
> Perhaps {"Texas" chan yoS} would work better.
The yoS isn't needed. "area" is part of chan, 'ev, tIng
> Speaking of {chan}, do we know how to combine direction words, a la
> northwest, south southeast, etc.? I have three direction words in my
> personal dictionary, but no idea how to combine them.
When combining, chan comes second in the noun-noun.
'ev chan
tIng chan
When combining tIng and 'ev it doesn't matter which order they are.
'ev tIng, tIng 'ev
You can even go further and say /'ev chan 'ev/, or /'ev chan chan/, etc.
Also, 'evwIj "my area-northwestward" - northwest of me.
veng chanDaq jIwam "I hunt east of the city"
The article for this is in HolQeD Dec 99.
DloraH, BG