tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Sun May 25 17:42:03 2003
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Re: DIpmey tIn chenmoH...
ja' QeS lagh:
>As well, what comes to your minds when I use the term <<DIp'a'>>?
Nothing in particular. Maybe "name" or "archetype", but only after
concentrated thought.
>I was
>wondering about the possibility of this being usable as a translation of
>"compound noun". (Also, possibly, <<DIp chenmoHlu'bogh>>?)
We can translate the related concept of "complex noun" as {DIp Qatlh}. I
suspect I'm going to be accused of proposing a hindsight term, but {boq
DIp} seems both appropriate and understandable to me as "compound noun".
Heh, how about {DIpDIp}? ;-)
-- ghunchu'wI'