tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Fri Jan 09 13:45:12 2004
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Re: Kolos
On Fri, Jan 09, 2004 at 01:36:37PM -0600, Steven Boozer wrote:
> captain kalaa wrote:
> >> So, in tlhIngan phonetics, how would you spell k'alaa?
>
> marqoS:
> >I would interpret it as Qala - with the ' after the k indicating
> >the extra forcefulness of Q as opposed to q, and the doubled a
> >indicating length, in this case meaning that the syllable does not
> >end with a glottal stop.
>
> If, however, you pronounce it with a final stress /ka-LAH/, then I would
> write it {Qala'}.
But then you're back to a shortened final syllable. Perhaps {Qala'a},
although three syllables, would work?
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