tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Wed Aug 11 03:15:15 2004
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Re: puvlI'bogh (was Re: nughI')
- From: "QeS lagh" <[email protected]>
- Subject: Re: puvlI'bogh (was Re: nughI')
- Date: Wed, 11 Aug 2004 20:14:30 +1000
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ghItlhpu' Quvar:
>Next question the comes to my mind: is that verb a transitive one? In
>German
>one can "fly an airplane"...
No, I don't think {puv} is transitive (at least on the evidence we have). We
have the separate verb {'or} for "to fly (a craft)", and {puvmoH} would
probably be as close as you could get with the root {puv}: {Duj vIpuvmoH} "I
cause the ship to fly".
QeS lagh
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