tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Thu Feb 21 16:18:48 2002
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Re: agentive -wI'
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- Subject: Re: agentive -wI'
- Date: Thu, 21 Feb 2002 16:18:26 EST
Sean M. Burke wrote:
>>(Assuming "ghojmoH" is lexicalized.)
Voragh wrote:
>I'm not sure I know what you mean by lexicalized, but there is a separate
>entry for {ghojmoH} "teach, instruct".
I can't speak for Sean, but I believe he's suggesting that Klingons think of
{ghojmoH} as one word, not ghoj + -moH. I've wondered about this too,
especially as it ties in to the debate that's been going on about how to
think of -moH in a holistic way. It might depend on the person.
"Maintenance" is one word, with its own dictionary entry, but you can think
of it as "maintain + -ance".
In a Klingon dictionary for Klingons, would ghojmoH have its own entry? No
one knows.
-Sengval