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Use of {-wI'} on nouns (was Re: Quote)

Scott Willis ([email protected])

• From: "Scott Willis" <[email protected]>
• Subject: Use of {-wI'} on nouns (was Re: Quote)
• Date: Thu, 18 Dec 2003 17:22:45 -0500
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----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Steven Boozer" <[email protected]>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Thursday, December 18, 2003 10:48 AM
Subject: RE: Quote


> ngabwI':
> >We have a noun {jonwI'} "engineer"

> Voragh:
> Then we have a better word:  {chamwI'} "technician", someone who works
with
> technology {cham}.

And I know of {De'wI'} "computer".

Now my question: Did {-wI'} become a noun suffix while I wasn't looking?
(One that apparently means "someone or something that works with X"?)
Has this been stated as a general rule, or is it still up to MO to decide
what nouns can take
{-wI'}?

--ngabwI'
Beginners' Grammarian,
Klingon Language Institute
http://kli.org/
HovpoH 700930.4

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