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Re: -be'lu' vs. -lu'be'

Tad Stauffer ([email protected]) [KLI Member] [Hol po'wI']

>Bryan S. Jones:
> >{tu'be'lu'} gives me more of a feeling that the un-named entity does
> >not find anything, rather than a lack of such entities.

Voragh:
>Really?  Again, our single example of {tu'be'lu'}:
>
>    QuvlIjDaq yIHmey tu'be'lu'jaj
>    May your coordinates be free of tribbles! PK

Not to be nitpicky, just making sure your notes are accurate, but the 
canonical toast doesn't have the {-mey} in it. Even a single tribble can 
ruin coordinates. :-)

And to stay on topic, the feeling I get from -be'lu' vs. -lu'be' is 
something like this:
{tu'be'lu'jaj} "May it be not found"
{tu'lu'be'jaj} "May it not be found"
i.e., a slightly different feel like in English, but not significant enough 
to argue one over the other in any given situation.

- taD

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