tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Tue Nov 07 08:21:21 2006
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Re: transitivity
be''etlh:
>Is there canon evidence that Suv can be used to say one person fights
>another, or would you have to say they fight each other?
>
> Lisa Suv Dan
> Suvchuq Lisa Dan je
Actually, these are both transitive. "Each other" is the object of the
verb. Only transitive verbs can take the Class 1 suffixes {-'egh}
"oneself" and {-chuq} "each other, one another". (You can't say, as far as
we know, *{jIQong'egh} "I sleep myself" or *{maQongchuq} "we sleep each
other".)
As for {Suv}, I found two examples where it takes an object:
reH DIvI' Duj vISuv vIneH
I've always wanted to engage a Federation ship. ST5
loghDaq lupDujHom qoDDaq bIlengtaHvIS, nIbuQbogh novpu' DaSuv
Battle menacing aliens in a shuttlecraft journey through space. STX
and one where a plural subject is used:
Suv cha' qabDu'
Two faces fight (i.e. "They are fighting one-on-one") KGT
So both of be''etlh's examples are correct. BTW {ghob} "do battle, wage
war" can also take the reciprocal suffix and is therefore transitive:
ghobchuq loDnI'pu'
"The Brothers Battle One Another" (KCD)
--
Voragh
Ca'Non Master of the Klingons