tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Mon Jul 28 20:37:10 1997
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Re: ghe''or 'elmeH vegh
ja'pu' Guido:
>>wej ghe''or 'el yInwI', ghot wa'DIch ghaHmo'. chay' 'e' vIQum, Hol
>>vIpabtaHvIS 'a 'IHtaHvIS mu'wIj?
jang ~mark:
>'elpa' Hoch, 'el?
ghe''or 'elbogh yInwI' wa'DIch ghaH. nap.
> I know it's not specified, but -logh and -DIch on the
>same word feels like two suffixes of the same type. It doesn't seem
>right. -logh is multiplicity of times, and -DIch is ordinal... they don't
>mix.
I saw the pseudo-word and my brain tripped badly on it. :-) I figured
out why both suffixes were used, and thought -- briefly -- "neat." And
then I considered it further, and thought "ugh." The meaning associated
with {x-logh} is "x times", and the similarity with "x-th time" is only
slight, and doesn't extend past the sounds in English.
-- ghunchu'wI'