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Re: qep'a' word list

Qov wrote: 

: We might have canon with {nuqDaqvo'}, meaning "whence." and
: demonstrating that the syllable {Daq} is not as a type 5 suffix. (Do
: we, Voragh?  Oh canon master, give us the offical uses of {nuqDaq},
: please.)

Sorry, no examples of {nuqDaqvo'}.  Here are the attestations of {nuqDaq} as
requested:

  nuqDaq So'taH yaS 
  Where is the officer hiding? TKD

  nuqDaq 'oH Qe' QaQ'e' 
  Where is a good restaurant? TKD

  nuqDaq 'oH puchpa''e' TKD
  (= Clipped: nuqDaq puchpa' PK)
  Where is the bathroom?   

  nuqDaq Dochvam vIlan 
  What do I do with this? Where do I put this? TKD

  nuqDaq waqwIj vIlamHa'choHmoH 
  Where can I get my shoes cleaned? TKD

  nuqDaq jIQong  TKD
  (= Clipped: nuqDaq Qong PK)
  Where do I sleep?  

  nuqDaq yuch Dapol 
  Where do you keep the chocolate? TKD

  nuqDaq bIH?  ST6 (untranslated)

  nuqDaq ghoS? 
  What is your destination? ST6

  nuqDaq 'oH jengva''e' 
  Where is the plate? KGT

  nuqDaq 'oH ngop'e' 
  Where are the plates? KGT

  nuqDaq bIH ngop'e' 
  Where are the plates? (childish error!) KGT

You may be remembering {naDevvo'} which Okrand has used thrice.  Here are
the attestations of {-vo'} for you to see how it has been used:

  pa'vo' yIjaH 
  Leave the room! (lit. "Go from the room!") TKD 

  naDevvo' yIghoS 
  Go away! TKD

  pa'vo' pagh leghlu' 
  The room has no view. CK

  naDevvo' jIleghlaHchu'be' 
  I can't see well from here. CK

  chaq SoHvo' vay' vIje' vIneH
  [Maybe I'd like to buy something from you. (sic!)] PK (untranslated)

  naDevvo' vaS'a'Daq majaHlaH'a'? 
  Can we get to the Great Hall from here? PK

  HoD, yo' SeHyaH nIvvo' potlh De' wIHevtaH   (?!)
  Captain, new data, hostages on Nimbus III.  ST5
  ["Captain, we are receiving a priority message from [Fleet] Operations
   Command." (from ST5 novel)]

  jav Hogh maH Qo'noSvo' 
  We am... Six weeks out of Kronos. (sic!) ST6

  may'meyDajvo' Haw'be' tlhIngan 
  A Klingon does not run away from his battles. TKW

  ghe'torvo' narghDI' qa'pu'
  when spirits escape from Gre'thor KGT

  juHqo' Qo'noSvo' loghDaq lengtaHvIS tlhInganpu' 
  During the (aggresive) expansion of the Klingon people from their
  homeworld of Kronos into space... SP1
 

- Voragh
  Ca'Non Master of the Klingons

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