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Re: [Tlhingan-hol] being capable of language suffix class - property of noun, or referent?

De'vID jonpIn ([email protected])



<p><br>
Quvar:<br>
&gt;&gt; On proof for this is the slang expression {Ho&#39;} for &quot;hero, idol&quot;, which<br>
&gt;&gt; will be {Ho&#39;Du&#39;} and {Ho&#39;wIj} even when used to refer to a person.</p>
<p>SuStel:<br>
&gt; There are many examples of this. Another is how pot handles are called {DeSqIvDu&#39;}, even though they&#39;re not body parts.<br>
&gt;<br>
&gt; Using a word or suffix appropriate to the referent instead of the noun may not be wrong, but it will call strong attention to what you&#39;ve done.</p>
<p>maj.  It seems clear it would be {wIvwIj} even if {wIv} referred to a person.</p>
<p>A related question: is it {cha&#39;DIchwI&#39;} because {cha&#39;DIch} in this sense refers to a person (i.e., it isn&#39;t quite the same word as the ordinal number &quot;second&quot;), or is it {cha&#39;DIchwIj} (because it&#39;s the same word as the number and follows the logic of {wIv})?</p>

<p>--<br>
De&#39;vID<br>
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