tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Tue Oct 02 01:18:33 2001
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RE: Polysyllabic verbs (was Aspiration of semi-geminate)
charghwI' said:
>I believe {HoSghaj} and {lo'laH} are the
>only two polysyllabic verbs.
Don't forget the not-so-frequently used verb {ghIpDIj} (court-martial).
Etymologically, {HoSghaj} seems to be made up of {HoS} + {ghaj}, and
{lo'laH} might come from {lo'laH} "able to use something".
The syllable {DIj} appears both in {ghIpDIj} and in the noun {bo'DIj}
("court").
So maybe {ghIpDIj} was a "compound verb" in no' Hol. Or maybe it's just a
very special verb. ;-)
- taD