tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Fri Jan 17 15:51:32 1997

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RE: new words in dB format



January 17, 1997 11:09 AM EST, jatlh Mark E. Shoulson:

> I think Okrand said in TKW(?) that "*nal" does not occur in isolation.  It
> may be a "bound morpheme" which has a meaning but never occurs by itself
> (like English "-ology").  So be careful about saying it "means 'spouse'".
> That may be true, but it doesn't make it a word.

Actually, I believe it's in Star Trek: Klingon, when he explains {nalqaD}.

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SuStel
Beginners' Grammarian
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