tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Tue Oct 02 15:14:57 2001
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RE: Polysyllabic verbs
- From: "d'Armond Speers" <[email protected]>
- Subject: RE: Polysyllabic verbs
- Date: Tue, 2 Oct 2001 16:05:33 -0400
> >charghwI' said:
> >
> > >I believe {HoSghaj} and {lo'laH} are the
> > >only two polysyllabic verbs.
>
> >taD:
> >
> > > Don't forget the not-so-frequently used verb {ghIpDIj}
(court-martial).
>
> >pagh:
> >And of course <He'So'> and <roSHa'moH>.
>
> toH, bIlugh; Sor Darur.
Hmm, what about {nga'chuq}? We also have an "edge case" in {nughI'}.
Interesting in that doesn't seem to break down, but un-interesting as it's a
borrowed word.
> We have polysyllabic nouns such as {HIDjolev}, {paQDI'norgh},
> {tu'HomI'raH}, etc. that apparently can't be broken down into
> root words. However, it looks like all of the polysyllabic verbs can be
> broken down, at least partially.
>
> - taD
--Holtej 'utlh
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