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Re: monastery: more

Doq ([email protected])



majqa'. So, perhaps the final definition should be something like "monastery, religious community building(s)"?

Doq

On Jan 16, 2011, at 4:04 PM, Lieven Litaer wrote:

> Hi Klingons,
> after the confusion about {ghIn}, I got a chance to talk with Maltz:
> 
> -----
> He said that perhaps "religious community" was not the best choice of 
> words for what he intended to say.  What he meant was that while a 
> {ghIn} could be a single building if that's all the monastery was, it 
> could also refer to a group of buildings and accompanying grounds 
> (gardens or whatever) -- the whole defined area where the members of the 
> religious community live or work or do whatever they do there.  It 
> doesn't mean the group of people.  Maltz hopes that helps and doesn't 
> make things more confusing.
> -----
> 
> for your notes:
> Email from Marc Okrand of 7th jan. 2011.
> 
> Quvar,
> aka
> Lieven L. Litaer
> 
> 
> 







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