tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Thu Mar 23 15:55:19 2000
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RE: Doubled ligature characters (Was Re: Prefix Quiz)
- From: "Andeen, Eric" <[email protected]>
- Subject: RE: Doubled ligature characters (Was Re: Prefix Quiz)
- Date: Thu, 23 Mar 2000 16:56:58 -0700
jatlh charghwI':
> . . .
> ghgh - no. And since {-ghach} is the only suffix that
> begins with {gh} and it is never used on a bare verb
> root, and the only other verb suffixes that end in {gh}
> are {-'egh} and Type 9 suffixes, I'm quite challenged to
> come up with a decent "natural" construction. While
> {HoH'eghghach} makes sense for "suicide", we already have
> {Heghba'} and {Heghbat} for that meaning. We'd need a
> verb that makse sense with {'egh} (transitive with the
> subject as a potential direct object) that can then be
> nominalized meaningfully with {-ghach}. I cannot easily
> think of one, though I suspect such a word could be
> found. Still, this would qualify as an exceptionally rare
> combination of sounds.
pe''eghghach - scorekeeping. I can't see using it very often, but it would
certainly fit some occasions.
> So, is this food for anyone's thoughts? Does anyone
> disagree with any of the constructions I made up saying
> "consider..."? Does anyone know of any canon examples of
> the ones I can't find:
> ghgh
> nng
> ngng
> tlhtlh
> yy
Another consonant combination you did not consider is <''>. This one is
quite common, though, since lots of verbs end in <'> and <-'egh> is a useful
suffix. A canon example is <pe''egh>; I am sure there are more.
pagh