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head noun of -bogh

• From: Dave Yeung <[email protected]>
• Subject: head noun of -bogh
• Date: Wed, 3 Jul 1996 19:41:52 -0400 (EDT)

Okay, here's one for the linguists:

How can you tell which is the head noun in a {-bogh} construct with both
object and subject?  For example, does {qeylIS lIjlaHbe'bogh vay'} mean
"Kahless whom one cannot forget" ("Kahless the Unforgetable") or "one who
cannot forget Kahless"?  If the former, then how does one say the latter? 

I just can't seem to see what indicates the head noun.  Is there some 
nuance that I'm missing?

 dave yeung

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