tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Fri Jun 20 07:09:49 2014
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Re: [Tlhingan-hol] 'arDaq
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</tt></pre><pre style="font-size: 9pt;"><tt><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;">> Wing Lights</span></tt></pre><pre style="font-size: 9pt;"><tt><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">> </font><font face="Tahoma, Verdana, Arial, sans-serif">A direct translation of the English would have been
> {tel wovwI'mey} "wing lights." The {-Daq} is not
> only?apparently?ungrammatical, it's also completely unnecessary.</font></tt></pre><pre style="font-family: Tahoma, Verdana, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;">What would be the distinction between lights that are an integral part of the wings (say, for navigation) and lights which are used to illuminate the wings (say, for identification or maintenance)? I don't think that distinction explains this example, but I was just curious.</pre><pre style="font-family: Tahoma, Verdana, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;">gheyIl</pre></tt></pre>
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