tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Sat Aug 31 14:32:20 2002
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Re: verbs + -moH?
>ghel tulwI':
>>>> >> quv'eghmoH quvmoHbe'lu',
>>>>>
>>>>> doesn't this have to be "quvmoH'egh"? :)
>
>jang DloraH:
>>>>-'egh is a type 1, -moH is a type 4.
>
>Voragh:
>>>Funny he should ask. Okrand discussed this very verb on st.klingon (11/97):
>>>
>>> Maltz reports having heard both {quv'eghmoH} "he/she honors him/herself",
>>> which follows the expected order (verb-Type 1-Type 4: {quv} "be honored",
>>> {-'egh} "oneself", {-moH} "cause") as well as the weird {quvmoH'egh}
>>> "he/she honors him/herself", in which the Type 1 suffix {-'egh} "oneself"
>>> follows the Type 4 suffix {-moH} "cause", an impossible formation unless
>>> the speaker is considering the verb to be {quvmoH} "honor" and not {quv}
>>> "be honored". [....]
>
>tulwI':
>>thank you, Voragh. i really thought of "quvmoH" as one entity, that
>>would have to be followed by "-'egh". i thought this way because
>>"quv'egh" wouldn't have sence, as "quv" isn't transitive.
>
>Because they are separate entries in the TKD and KGT glossaries,
>others have thought the same thing. They are not separate verbs,
>but rather verb + suffix. When adding another suffix, they must
>appear in the correct order. Okrand only listed them separately to
>make the words easier to look up for non-specialist Star Trek fans
>(the primary audience for TKD after all).
>
>Here's Okrand's entire post, which explains this in more detail:
voragh,
thank you very much, this was very interesting.
tulwI',
sts.