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Re: muv

MorphemeAddict ([email protected])

• From: [email protected]
• Subject: Re: muv
• Date: Mon, 6 Dec 2004 13:29:05 EST

In a message dated 2004-12-06 12:04:29 PM Eastern Standard Time, 
[email protected] writes:

> My glossary doesnt have it:
> 
> muv v. join: batlh maHeghbej 'ej yo' qIjDaq vavpu'ma' DImuv. pa' reH 
> maSuvtaHqu'. Then we die with honor and join our fathers in the Black Fleet 
> where we battle forever; muvmoH v. recruit [nc]; muvtay n. initiation.
> 
> Seems like one can join a group (become a member of) but not "join" 
> sentences together for instance.
> 
> Quvar.
> 

Your comment about joining sentences seems to be based on the fact that we 
have no such canon usage .  With the scant canon we have, this is an unwarranted 
assumption.  Since *any* usage not attested to in canon is speculative, we 
may as well use the word for any and all cases where the gloss fits.

lay'tel SIvten

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