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Re: obtuse question



ja' De'vID:
>Would there be a difference in terms of the "feel" of /muSawHa'ta'wI'/
>and /vInayHa'ta'wI'/?

They both feel very weird to me.  Something about {-wI'} and a verb prefix
doesn't sit well in my mind.

>  The first sounds to me like the divorce was on
>the husband's terms, and the second sounds like it was the wife who
>divorced the husband.

I don't dispute your interpretation.

>Is there something more neutral, that could
>indicate that the divorce was on amicable terms (very un-Klingon-like),
>or that both parties equally agreed to it?

chenHa' tlhogh.

>(Is there a way to say "to marry" that is gender-neutral?)

Not in Klingon, so far as we know.

-- ghunchu'wI' 'utlh




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