tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Thu Apr 22 18:15:42 2004
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Re: Doghjey
- From: "De'vID jonwI'" <[email protected]>
- Subject: Re: Doghjey
- Date: Thu, 22 Apr 2004 21:15:02 -0400
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De'vID:
>>I *almost* thought <Doghjey> (n) "unconditional surrender"
>>was another example, but upon checking the parts, I found
>><Dogh> (v) "be foolish, silly" + <jey> (v) "defeat". There
>>is a noun <jey> (n) "itinerary", but no noun <jey> meaning
>>"defeat". Still, an "unconditional surrender" may be/result
>>in a "foolish itinerary", from a Klingon point of view!
lay'tel SIvten
>i prefer to believe Doghjey is an example of a verb-verb compound "foolish
>defeat", also very klingon in its point of view.
As a verb-verb compound (which turns into a noun!), what is
the subject of the verbs? Who is being foolish, and who is
doing the defeating? I can't quite see this as a verb-verb
compound, because the two verbs would have different subjects.
--
De'vID
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