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Re: wa' waQ

• From: "Joseph" <[email protected]>
• Subject: Re: wa' waQ
• Date: Sun, 17 Sep 2000 10:10:13 -0700
• In-reply-to: <[email protected]>
• Priority: normal

> When using a type-5 noun suffix, such as {-Daq}, the suffix goes on the verb
> rather than the noun:
> 
> {"SPiRaL" SumDaq} "At the nearby SPiRaL"

Dupvam vIpIHpu'be'. <DaJ> lururbogh wotmeyvad Qap'a' neH? 
<qachHom vIchenmoHDaq leng> lugh'a'? wotmey rar'egh'a' DIp 
mojaqmey?

> Generally, verbs with suffixes are not special words unto themselves, even
> though they're listed in the vocabulary list. For example, {vemmoH} is in
> the dictionary as "wake (someone) up". But it's just the verb {vem} ("wake
> up"), plus the suffix {-moH} ("cause").

jIyaj. DaH Dupvam vIpabtaH.

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