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Re: a question of wildlife and syntax

Alan Anderson ([email protected])

• From: Alan Anderson <[email protected]>
• Subject: Re: a question of wildlife and syntax
• Date: Mon, 6 Nov 2006 21:27:30 -0500
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ja' be''etlh:
> What is the bird closest to a vulture,...

I'd pick {notqa'}, if only because it's big and black.

> Also, is there any way of forming abstract nouns out of verbs (to  
> die-death,
> to suffer-suffering, etc.)

That's basically what {-ghach} does, though I usually prefer to think  
of it as making gerunds.

(Don't ignore the existing nouns {Hegh} "death" and {bep} "agony".)

-- ghunchu'wI'

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