tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Mon Jun 10 21:14:51 2002

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Re: Vaj'Hom



>The 'or' in Okrand's phrasing would indicate that you can in this case 
>(judging by the standard usage of commas in conjunction with 'or' in 
>American English).  As a further indication, consider the idioms 
>{bo'DaghHom lo'} and {bo'Dagh'a' lo'} and the deifnition for {Qa'Hom} (type 
>of animal (similar to a {Qa'}, but smaller).  These seem to indicate that 
>{-Hom} and {-'a'} can mean 'small' or 'big', respectively.

HIvqa' veqlargh!  Skip that last example; a {Qa'Hom} is not just a {Qa' 
mach}.

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