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Re: KLBC: big numbers



ja' ~mark
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>The problem is that plural suffixes are for nouns, and Klingon numbers are
>chuvmey, not nouns.  While I wouldn't be surprised to learn that these
Carl
>Saganesque constructions are legal, we can't use them until Marc Okrand
>reports that Klingons do.
Also note that number-forming elements are not generally found alone.
"*maH" cannot mean "ten"; that's "wa'maH".  "*'uy'" is not "million";
that's "wa''uy'".  These elements are more suffixes than words, so far as
we know.  (the exception that comes to mind for me is "vatlhvI'".  Not a
true exception, but evidence of one).
<<<

This leads me to believe that the answer to the original question must
be <wejmaH'uy'> for 30,000,000 and not <wejmaH wa''uy'>.

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