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Re: Use of {qI'}

Alan Anderson ([email protected]) [KLI Member] [Hol po'wI']

ja' Voragh:
>Although it wouldn't occur to most of us, the verb "sign" has two major
>meanings in English:  to affix one's signature and to gesture (i.e. use
>sign language).

The first of those meanings can be used in two distinct ways.  It can mean
to approve or accept a document, or it can mean to assert or advertise
ownership.  Only the first is implied by "sign (a treaty)"; the second
would be something like "sign (a message)".  Maybe both are valid uses of
{qI'}, but a strictly cautious viewpoint wouldn't make that assumption
without more information.

-- ghunchu'wI'

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