RE: KLBC: Klingon toast

[Kreth <veltenjs@tri-town.net>]

>OK, so I'm confused.  the noun suffix for possesion [-lI'] is explained
>in TKD page 25, as used "When the noun being possessed refers to a >being capable 
>of using language..."  It does not say 'When the noun being possessed
>*IS* a being capable of using language'.

>In [qamDU'lIjDaq]  [qam] are supposedly the feet of a being capable of
>using language so, ie. the feet *refer* to a being capable of using >language,
>so shouldn't the suffix be [-lI'] not [-lIj] ?

Ok, I'll take a shot at this. The way I understand it, the feet
themselves (the noun being possessed) are not capable of using language,
which is why I used *-lIj*. 
On page 30, there is the following phrase:

qamDu'wIjDaq

at my feet

Here the suffix *-wIj* is used, which is the normal suffix meaning my,
and hence my phrase...

Kreth 
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