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Re[6]: ranks and titles (was Suppletion)

• From: [email protected] (Alan Anderson)
• Subject: Re[6]: ranks and titles (was Suppletion)
• Date: Wed, 8 Nov 1995 21:24:39 -0500

r'Hul writes:
>I think that could be it.  <puqbe'> (and <puqloD>) seem to be one of the few
>compound nouns where the second noun describes the first.  i.e. type of
>child.

Why must {puqbe'} be a type of child?  It's just as reasonable to think
that it's a type of female.  Can't we think of {puqloD} as primarily a
male?  It's just an "offspring" kind of male.

(Maybe ~mark will *blink* again. :-)

 -- ghunchu'wI'               batlh Suvchugh vaj batlh SovchoH vaj

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