tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Wed Oct 17 15:48:53 2007
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Re: verb + verb "compound" nouns?
Note that the "other complex nouns" may be compounds of words that
used to be nouns, but aren't anymore.
At 06:20 PM 10/17/2007, you wrote:
>On Oct 17, 2007, at 3:59 PM, Steven Boozer wrote:
>
> >> For that matter, how is {Doghjey} a "compound noun" in the first
> >> place, since neither of its parts is a noun?
> >
> > If you're quibbling over that fact that neither of its components
> > are nouns, what then would you call it?
>
>I don't think "quibbling" is an appropriate term for applying the
>definitions given in The Klingon Dictionary.
>
> TKD 3.2.1. Compound nouns
>
> Compound nouns consist of two or three nouns in a row, much
> like English "earthworm" ("earth" plus "worm") or "password"
> ("pass" plus "word"). For example, {jolpa'} "transport room"
> consists of {jol} "transport beam" plus {pa'} "room".
>
>As for {Doghjey}, I'd call it the same thing TKD 3.2 calls it: a
>complex noun. Since it's neither a compound noun nor a verb plus {-
>wI'} (or {-ghach}), it falls under TKD 3.2.3. Other complex nouns.
>
>-- ghunchu'wI'