tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Sun May 24 15:44:16 1998
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Re: Inherently Plural Nouns
>What are the inherently plural nouns? Their singular counterparts that, along
>with the suffix -mey, give the "scattered about" connotation? I know of
>veng/cha, chuyDaH/vIj, and DoS/ray'. Are there more?
>
>tu'wI'
You ask some good questions, tu'wI'. Let's see, I can think of:
begh deflectors
chuyDaH thrusters (sg. vIj)
cha torpedoes (sg. peng)
ghISDen scales
HoSDo' energy beings (pl. only?)
jo resources (sg. Sup)
lolSeHcha attitude control thrusters
negh soldiers (sg. mang; cf. KGT 49f for discussion)
no' ancestors (sg. qempa')
ngop plates (sg. jengva')
paSlogh socks
pu'DaH phaser banks
QaS troops (not including officers)
Quv coordinates
ray' targets (sg. DoS)
wey ship's crew complement (crew + officers; cf. KGT 50)
'aH paraphernalia
Can anyone add to this list?
Voragh