tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Fri Jan 13 16:04:21 2006
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Re: easy question
- From: "QeS 'utlh" <[email protected]>
- Subject: Re: easy question
- Date: Sat, 14 Jan 2006 10:04:07 +1000
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ghItlhpu' lay'tel SIvten, ja':
>[Is there a term for these nouns with different plurals (maybe "defective
>nouns")?]
While I can't think of how I'd refer to them in Klingon (perhaps {choHbogh
DIp} "changing nouns"?), in English I've always used the term "suppletive",
which seems to fit perfectly here.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Suppletion
Savan,
QeS 'utlh
tlhIngan Hol yejHaD pabpo' / Grammarian of the Klingon Language Institute
not nItoj Hemey ngo' juppu' ngo' je
(Old roads and old friends will never deceive you)
- Ubykh Hol vIttlhegh
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