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Re: wI'



> 
> On 29 Jan 96 at 6:12, David Barron wrote:
> 
> > > 
> > > Could someone explain the controversy surrounding the use of -wI'
> > > with the intended meaning of "thing which is"? I have read the
> > > HolQeD article arguing against it, what's the arguement for it?
> > 
> > It *is* mentioned in TKD but only in the very back of the 
> > book, page 167. That give is some weight however there is no
> > other mention of this usage in TKD nor any other Okrand 
> > canon that I am aware of.
> 
> Perhaps your TKD is structured differently than mine, but page 167 is
> just the list of verb suffixes, in order of the English translation. 
> Page 164 is the same list in order of tlhIngan spelling.  They *do*
> differ in that the list on 164 includes "thing which does" in the
> translations, while 167 does not.  Is *this* what you are talking
> about?  Or are you referencing something else entirely?

Well, In *my* TKD on both those pages it does say that -wI' 
can mean "one that is". 

>   
> Garrett Michael Hayes;  Client/Server Labs

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