tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Tue Nov 21 06:25:23 1995
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Re: jIlIH(')egh, etc.
On 20 Nov 95 at 22:16, [email protected] <[email protected]>
wrote:
> In a message dated 95-11-15 07:03:00 EST, you write:
> >ghIH 'Iw 'ej *sex-appeal* lughajbe' lomDu'
> Question from peHruS:
>
> I've seen before {lommey}, not {lomDu'}. Should the body part suffix be
> affixed to corpses?
Similar question: what plural suffix should be used on qa' (spirit)?
qa'pu' fits with the Klingon idea that the body is merely a shell,
while the true person is the spirit.
qa'Du' works since the spirit is part of the person.
qa'mey seems as wrong IMO. Anyone else have a suggestion?
> peHruS
maSqa'
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"Had I not known that I was dead already,
I would have mourned the loss of my life"
-Ota Dokan, Japanese poet
(written while a knife protruded from his chest)
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