tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Thu Dec 23 07:09:21 2010
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RE: latlh 'e'nalpu'
Marc Okrand (via Quvar) wrote:
>> There was another question about whether {loDnI'nal} and {be'nI'nal}
>> could be "brother-in-law" and "sister-in-law." Maltz said he didn't
>> think there were specific words for these concepts. He said to just
>> describe the relationship: {loDnI' loDnal} and {be'nI' loDnal} for
>> "brother-in-law" and {loDnI' be'nal} and {be'nI' be'nal} for
>> "sister-in-law." He said you could even say things like {be'nal loDnI'
>> be'nal} "wife's brother's wife." But he preferred to call all these
>> people {'e'nalpu'} "people who married into the family."
>>
Voragh:
> {'e'nal} someone who married into the family (i.e. an "in-law") (n)
>
> Introduced in HolQeD 9.3:
> {'e'nal} ... does not specify the exact relationship"
I've seen *{SoSnal} and *{vavnal} used for mother-in-law and father-in-law. Until Maltz says otherwise, we should probably "just describe the relationship" as {loDnal SoS}, {be'nal vav}, etc.
The bound morpheme {-nal} is only used (so far) on {be'nal} wife, {loDnal} husband, {'IrneHnal/tennuSnal} uncles by marriage, and {'e'mamnal/me'nal} aunts by marriage.
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Voragh
Ca'Non Master of the Klingons