tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Mon Aug 14 20:33:21 2000
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RE: question about /nubwI'/
De'vID:
> Why does /nubwI'/ mean "predecessor"? There's a verb /nub/ "to
> be suspect", but none meaning "to preceed". Is /nubwI'/ = /nub/
> + /-wI'/, the implication being that all predecessors are suspect?
> Or is it just a coincidence?
pagh:
: Look again. Right below <nub> you'll find <nung>. nubbej, qar'a'?
I never noticed that. There's also a noun {mung} "origin". Either Okrand was
toying with some phonetic variation - a feature mostly absent in Klingon - or
he just misremembered the verb when he was filling out, or typing up, his
glossary.
--
Voragh
Ca'Non Master of the Klingons