tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Fri Aug 31 01:51:28 2001
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Re: poH
In a message dated 8/27/2001 2:13:34 PM Mountain Daylight Time,
[email protected] writes:
> to refer to the time the attack begins as {HIvmeH poH} in this instance
> : and
> > say, {nuq 'oH HIvmeH poH'e'?} Maybe {rep} is a better noun.
>
> SuStel:
> : /poH/ as a noun seems pretty clear to me. "Period of time." Perhaps a
> more
> : explicit phrase would be "span of time." It's not an instant, it's a
> : duration. [snip]
> : /HIvmeH poH/ would seem to be the period of time during which an attack
> : occurs, whether or not the attack takes place over the entire period.
>
> Something like a window of opportunity?
>
> : we don't have is a straightforward way to speak of the "moment" that an
>
I do see the verb suffix, type 9 {-DI'} as very useful for "the moment of
occurrence" of that verb.
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