tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Sun Jan 19 05:47:30 1997
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new words in dB format
- From: [email protected] (Bill Willmerdinger)
- Subject: new words in dB format
- Date: Sat, 18 Jan 1997 19:20:07
>> Finally, I have a file of "speculative" words, whose meanings aren't
>> defined. (For example, {lItHa'} means "get off". I speculate that
>> {lIt} means "get on". {nal} occurs in {be'nal}, {loDnal} and {nalqaD}
>> and clearly means "mate, spouse" but does not occur alone in canon.)
> 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.
It's possible that was in TKW; as I stated earlier, now that I have the bulk
of the TKD words entered, I'm going to start going through the rest of the
canon stuff myself (I was relying on Will's list). And I fully realize the
nature of problem, which is why those are in a separate list (and not the main
body of my AKD).
Qob la' (tlh.w.D. quttaj ra'wI')
tlhIngan Hol yejHaD qhojwI'
... I was not CREATING a disturbance, I was improving one already there.