tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Wed Jul 03 20:51:27 1996
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Re: Big Enterprise
- From: [email protected] (Alan Anderson)
- Subject: Re: Big Enterprise
- Date: Wed, 3 Jul 1996 22:55:33 -0500
kaylar writes:
>I understand 'a' not merely to mean big as in size, but a term for
>great, such as juH'a' would be a mansion, not a big house which if my
>tlhIngan doesn't fail mean would be juH tIn.
majQa' -- lujbe'pu' tlhIngan HollIj.
The augmentive and diminutive noun suffixes don't modify the thing being
referred to, they modify the meaning of the noun. {qulHom} isn't just a
small fire; it's more like a spark. {meb'a'} doesn't mean a big guest;
it could indicate "guest of honor".
-- ghunchu'wI' batlh Suvchugh vaj batlh SovchoH vaj