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naDev yIn/Dab-taH yIHmey

ghItlh SuStel
>> naDev yIn yIHmey

>"Tribbles live here."

>Time for the new word:

>naDev DabtaH yIHmey
>Tribbles dwell here.

>There's always been question as to whether or not {yIn} refers to the 
>biological processes of the body, or also the fact of one's long-term 
>existence in a location.  Now, we see that it's probably not the latter.

yIH QaQ 'oH Heghpu'bogh yIn'e' neH. pa' yIntaHbe'chugh yIH vaj vIghuHnISbe'.

I don't think it's necessary to distinguish whether a tribble lives somewhere
biologically or while using it as a habitat. I don't believe that once
Klingons found yIHqo' in the Great Tribble Hunt, they didn't care where on
the planet the tribbles dwelled, but whether or not they were alive. Although
the exact definition of _yIn_  is important, i don't think it matters in this
case. 

batlh Qapla' je

Brent Kesler
breng, qetlher puqloD
-reH Hol jatlhlu'chugh, not Hegh wo'.-

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