tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Tue Feb 17 08:25:16 2004
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Re: Using -wI' on stative verbs?
Am 14.02.2004 15:28:36, schrieb "Scott Willis" <[email protected]>:
>Philip
>Can {-wI'} also be used on stative verbs ("adjectives") to describe
>someone or something who is like that adjective?
>
>For example, is {ngo'wI'} "something old" or do I have to say {Doch
>ngo'}? Similarly with {qanwI'} "somebody old" vs {nuv qan}? (And I know
>that {qanwI'} already has a meaning...)
Yes, and this is only idiomatic.
Literally, a {qanwI'} could be "someone who uses little toe" (?), but certainly is an "old one",
as we have
{yoHwI'}"brave one":
reH Hegh yoHwI'pu''e' - TKW #90/p.123
Always is it the brave ones who die.
and
{pujwI'}"weakling":
pujwI' HIvlu'chugh quvbe'lu' - TKW #19/p.24
There is no honor in attacking the weak.
Quvar.