tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Thu Apr 22 16:59:35 1999
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Re: {-vo'} (was Re: Word for "god"?)
On 20-Apr-99, Steven Boozer wrote:
> A more important point is that the Type 5 suffix {-vo'} "from, direction
> away from" is not used for this abstract, metaphorical sense as in
> English.
> Like {-Daq] it refers to motion away from a real, physical location only:
What canon sources states this? Has it been said in canon that {vo'} and
{Daq} can *only* be used in the nonabstract senses?
(I myself find this a reasonable conclusion, but wonder if there is any
canon material that explicitly forbids the abstract or metaphorical use of
these suffixes.)
/maHvatlh
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