tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Mon Jan 29 22:20:42 1996
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Re: -wI'
On 29 Jan 96 at 21:45, [email protected] <[email protected]>
wrote:
> Hovjaj 96078.2 ghItlh David Barron:
> >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.
>
> nuqjatlh? Check out TKD page 19-20. Okrand also uses the suffix in
> many words in the dictionary, as well as in the language tapes (for
> example, {lupwI'} "jitney").
No, examples of the uncontroversial "thing which does" use are given
in TKD and in the tapes (such as lupwI', "thing which transports"),
what aren't given are examples of words like beQwI' "thing which is flat" etc.
> SuStel
maSqa'
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