tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Mon Oct 30 20:13:18 1995
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Re: Morphology
On 30 Oct 95 at 14:31, Eskil Heyn Olsen <[email protected]> wrote:
> I would pronounce it {Qap-la'}. The word {Qap} means "to succeed",
> plus I would guess that the /pl/ at the beginning of a word would be
> againt klingon phonetics (no words seem to contain /pl/).
That's my point exactly. Since it doesn't fit klingon phonetics, why
is it so common? I* believe* I even heard it on one of the tapes
(though I can't be sure; Qap-la' and Qa-pla' can sound quite similar
when rushed). But I hesitate to say that without checking (no doubt
this will come back to haunt me).
maSqa'
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