tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Fri Dec 31 07:42:20 1999
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Re: Online Klingon Language Course
- From: Alan Anderson <[email protected]>
- Subject: Re: Online Klingon Language Course
- Date: Fri, 31 Dec 99 10:00:54 EST
peHruS:
>ghaj = has, possesses, owns (verb)
jIH:
>Where did you find the "owns" meaning described? It seems an unjustified
>expansion of the word's meaning.
DujHoD:
>How so? My dictionary says that "own" means, "To have or possess as
>property"
>(American Heritage Dictionary)
Your dictionary explicitly points out the expansion of meaning that
I'm concerned about, with the phrase "as property" being an important
part of the definition of the English word "own". I'm trying to find
out how peHruS got it attached to the Klingon word {ghaj} in his list
of vocabulary.
(Oh, and I noticed that I used the word "possession" in my previous
note, where I meant "ownership". DopDaq qul yIchenmoH QobDI' ghu'.)
-- ghunchu'wI' (yaH DalDaq ba'taHvIS)