RE: Scattered speakers

["Andeen, Eric" <Eric.Andeen@Sequencia.com>]

jatlh charghwI':
> 
> My most recent random synapse:
> 
> We know that {puqmey} means, "children scattered all about" 
> because the plural would normally be {puqpu'}.
> 
> We know that {pengmey} means "torpedoes scattered all about" 
> because the plural would normally be {cha}.
> 
> But since the plural of {mang} is normally {negh}, does that 
> mean that {mangpu'} would mean "soldiers scattered all about"?
> 
> And if it does, what would {mangmey} mean?
> 
> And if it doesn't, why doesn't it? Why use {negh}?
> 
> I hope your synapses enjoy this as much as mine did.

KGT actually gives us a partial answer for this (p50):

The word <mangpu'> ... is seldom used, but it is not ungrammatical. It
carries with it the notion that there are individuals (more than one <mang>)
making up the group; negh focuses on the group as a unit.