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Re: [Tlhingan-hol] Klingon Word of the Day: Say'qu'moH

Ruben Molina ([email protected]) 

<div dir="ltr"><div>On Tue, Jan 14, 2014 at 5:01 PM, Bellerophon, modeler <span dir="ltr">&lt;<a href="mailto:[email protected]"; target="_blank">[email protected]</a>&gt;</span> wrote:<br></div><div class="gmail_extra">
<div class="gmail_quote"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left-width:1px;border-left-color:rgb(204,204,204);border-left-style:solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr">Isn&#39;t {lo&#39;laH} an exception?<div>
~&#39;eD</div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><div><div class="h5"></div></div></div></blockquote></div><br></div><div class="gmail_extra">Yes, it is an exception:</div><div class="gmail_extra"><pre style="word-wrap:break-word">
<span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);white-space:pre-wrap">On the other hand, you&#39;re right about lo&#39;laH &quot;be valuable.&quot;
It is a simple verb in its own right (though it&#39;s an
unusual two-syllable one), not the verb lo&#39; &quot;use&quot; plus Type
5 suffix -laH &quot;can.&quot;  It is likely that there is some sort
of historical connection to the verb + suffix form, but, if
so, it is just that -- historical.</span><font face="arial"><span style="white-space:normal">
</span></font></pre><div><a href="http://klingonska.org/canon/search/?file=1998-02-23-news.txt&amp;get=source";>http://klingonska.org/canon/search/?file=1998-02-23-news.txt&amp;get=source</a><br></div><div><br></div><div>
Maybe {lo&#39;laH} was related with the &quot;use-value&quot; of a commodity:  {lo&#39;laHlu&#39;} &#39;someone can use it&#39;   therefore   &#39;it is useful&#39; → {lo&#39;laH} &quot;it is valuable&quot;, and maybe, after some time, it started to be used for any other form of value, maybe something like: {lo&#39;laH DuDuQlaHbogh Hew} &#39;a statue which can emotionally touch you is valuable&#39;</div>
<div><br></div><div>ruben</div></div></div>

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