tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Thu May 15 18:58:42 2003
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DIpmey tIn chenmoH...
- From: "QeS lagh" <[email protected]>
- Subject: DIpmey tIn chenmoH...
- Date: Fri, 16 May 2003 09:54:26 +1000
Savan, tlhIngan Hol jatlhwI'pu'.
tlhIHvaD jabbI'IDvam vIghItlh tlhobmeH:
Can I create new compound nouns from existing monosyllabic roots? I am
studying anatomy, and I was wondering how one might go about compounding
noun roots (for instance, as already present in <<HolQeD>> "linguistics" and
<<HuchQeD>> "economics") to form more complex words. I am aware that one
can't necessarily split up words like <<cha'pujqut>> and add <<puj>>
*"lithium" to the dictionary, but I want to know about combinations of
*existing* monosyllabic noun roots.
For instance, is combining the words <<ghIch>> "nose" and <<Hom>> "bone" to
form the compound <<ghIchHom>> "nasal bone" legal? (This might easily be
confused with <<ghIchHom>> "little nose" (sic); however, I know that using a
diminutive suffix doesn't just form a "small something", which might make it
easier to tell what is being spoken about).
Or, using a number instead of a noun, <<cha'>> "two" and <<tel>> "wing"
combining with <<Hom>> to form <<cha'telHom>> "sphenoid bone" (having the
<<tel'a'>> and the <<telHom>>, or "greater and lesser wings"? :)
As well, what comes to your minds when I use the term <<DIp'a'>>? I was
wondering about the possibility of this being usable as a translation of
"compound noun". (Also, possibly, <<DIp chenmoHlu'bogh>>?)
Savanqa'.
QeS lagh
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