tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Fri Mar 24 13:39:43 2000
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RE: KLBC another name
- From: "Andeen, Eric" <[email protected]>
- Subject: RE: KLBC another name
- Date: Fri, 24 Mar 2000 14:41:23 -0700
jatlh malqa:
> I have taken a good look at TKD and found this wor
> naghboch = gemstone
> broken down this seems to consist of
> nagh - rock/stone and boch - shiny which combine to
> make the new word or describe the type of rock/stone.
> Bloodstone is a type of stone/rock as well
> Therefore was my idea of 'Iwnagh written in the
> correct order ?
The "parts" here are <nagh> - "stone" and <boch> - "be shiny". The
difference is that <boch> is a *verb*, so <naghboch> is definitely *not* a
compound noun. Verbs like <boch> which "express a state or quality" are
placed the noun they modify, so a "shiny stone" is a <nagh boch>.
Another difference is that while it is permissible on occasion to create
compoun nouns like <'Iwnagh> on occasion, it is *not* possible to create
words out of a noun and a verb. There are a number of words like <naghboch>
and <tajtIq> that *appear* to be made up of a noun and a verb, but they are
isolated examples, and we shouldn't read too much into them.
<'Iwnagh> is still a perfectly acceptable compoun noun for "bloodstone".
pagh
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