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Re: -lu'




On Thu, 15 Dec 1994, William H. Martin wrote:

[deletia...]
> > 2) How would YOU say, "It made him/her willing to destroy the ship"?
> 
> Presuming that the listing of Qaw' as a noun is an error in TKD
> and that it really is a VERB:

oops.  didn't notice that... Qaw' is listed as a noun on both sides.  but 
its translation is given as "destroy" on both sides, too.  i can't think 
of any way to use "destroy" as a noun... (aside from naming something 
"Destroy"...) can anyone else?

> Duj Qaw'qang ghaH 'e' qaSmoH wanI'/Doch.
> 
> I don't like any doubly transitive Qaw'moH constructions, but
> that's a personal point of style, I suppose. Doing so seems
> like going way out of your way to create a problem with the
> wrong tool.

[deletia...]

> charghwI'

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