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Re: Klingon WOTD: mojaq (n)

Steven Boozer ([email protected])

• From: Steven Boozer <[email protected]>
• Subject: Re: Klingon WOTD: mojaq (n)
• Date: Fri, 13 Aug 2004 14:05:29 -0500
• In-reply-to: <[email protected]>

> >Klingon word:   mojaq
> >Part of Speech: noun
> >Definition:     suffix
> >See also {mojaQ}.

QeS lagh:
>vaj {mojaQ} wIlo'laH net laj'a'?

Why not?  Both forms are listed in the TKD glossary:  {mojaq} in the 
Klingon-English side and {mojaQ} in the English-Klingon.

>pagh ghItlhHa'pu' Marc Okrand (ghItlhwI'Daj ghap)?

Or the copy editor at Pocket Books (Simon & Schuster).

>mu' {moHaq}mo' cha'DIch DuH wIvlu' 'e' vIHar.

Considering that {moHaq} is listed in both sides as "prefix", it's probable 
that {mojaq} was the intended form.  However, AFAIK Okrand has never used 
or discussed either form so, for now, they're both available.


WILD SPECULATION ALERT...

It's almost certainly a coincidence, but I cannot help but noticing that 
while there's only one type of prefix in Klingon (for verbs), there are two 
different sets of suffixes:  one for verbs and the other for nouns.  If by 
some chance it's not a typo, *perhaps* {mojaq} means "(verb) suffix" - 
based purely on the similar ending of {moHaq} - and {mojaQ} "(noun) 
suffix".  Just because we use the same word "suffix" for both nouns and 
verbs doesn't mean that Klingon grammarians do.




-- 
Voragh
Ca'Non Master of the Klingons 

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