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Re: KLBC: Re: qechmey vIHutlh

ghItlh charghwI'
>I think you reach for 
>the suffix {-Ha'} prematurely without seeking better vocabulary 
>choices. We need {-Ha'} to cover the many verbs we don't have, 
>but using it to create a synonym for an existing word feels odd 
>to me.

When one [I think] is acqainted with Klingon suffixes, there is an urge to
use them.  I suspect Okrand made the Klingon/English side first.  Once when
I was writing down {DIv}, it occured to me that {DIvHa'} ought to mean
innocent.  It wasn't until later that I realized that there existed the
word {chun}.
This is probably the reason for {HeghmoH}.  It sounds like a likely impulse
thing to do, considering {-moH}.  But the repercussions have already been
witnessed.
Qapla'
qoror

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