tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Tue Apr 04 13:31:37 2000
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Re: muSHa'ghach / KLBC
> jImIS. *canon mu' oHtaH'a' <parmaq>? wot DIp joq 'oHtaH'a'?
pIl'o'
>
> qa'ral again:
> : Good point. You have to wonder why the immortal *qonwI'* didn't use *parmaq*.
>
> 1) Because "love" can cover a wide range of meaning? In context, {parmaq} may
> be closer to "lust", while *{muSHa'ghach} may tend toward "affection" (which
> BTW also has the fancy derived latinate suffix -tion, a nice analog to
> Klingon's {-ghach}).