tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Fri May 02 05:40:09 1997
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Re: family suffixes
- From: Marian Schwartz <[email protected]>
- Subject: Re: family suffixes
- Date: 02 May 97 08:38:22 EDT
ghItlh voragh
>|< does that mean we might be able to construct compound words with that?
|< (As canonical as other compound words of ours.) Such as... let me
|< think... "naltay" for "marriage"? >>
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|We already have a tlhIngan Hol word for "marriage": {tlhogh}.
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|peHruS
>As well as two verbs for "marry": {Saw} (groom does this) and {nay} (bride
>does this). In light of {nalqaD} however, {*naltay} isn't a bad candidate
>for "wedding, marriage ceremony".
In response to comments, when I said "we" just then, I didn't entirely mean
that. I meant that maybe "nal" can be used for adding that element to a word;.
Qapla'
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