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RE: Doubled ligature characters (Was Re: Prefix Quiz)



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


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