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totally predictable words in tkd+addendum

MorphemeAddict ([email protected]) [KLI Member] [Hol taghwI']

tkd has lots of words that don't really need to be there, because they are 
inherent in the language, by which i mean that, given the basic nouns and verbs 
and applying the appropriate suffixes to them, we can deduce their meaning 
from the meanings of their parts.  all of those words could have been left out of 
the dictionary, and they would still be available to us, because that's how 
the language works.  (maybe they could have been replaced by an equal number of 
basic words without increasing the size of the dictionary.)  as things are, 
they provide us with additional examples of how to use the suffixes.
there are 116 of these totally predictable words in tkd (whose meaning is 
essentially the same as the sum of the meanings of their parts).
there are:
17 nouns + noun suffix
16 numbers + number suffix
1 compound number, i.e. {wa'maH} ('ten')
82 verbs + verb suffix(es)

the 17 nouns are (by suffix):
7 with -Hom: be'Hom, loDHom, mangHom, nuHHom, rojHom, vengHom, yuQHom
8 with -'a': bIQ'a', Duy'a', ghom'a', la''a', pIn'a', toy'wI''a', van'a', 
vaS'a'.  {toy'wI''a'} is the only one of all these nouns where the base noun is 
itself derived from a verb.
2 with '-mey': chuvmey, nuHmey.  although {nuHmey} looks like the plural of 
'weapon', it is glossed as 'arsenal', an obviously related concept.  presumably 
{nuHmey} does, in fact, also mean 'weapons'.  my earlier post about the 
singular of {chuvmey} was a result of this research.

the 16 number words are no surprise (also by suffix)
10 with -DIch: cha'DIch, chorghDIch, HutDIch, javDIch, loSDIch, SochDIch, 
vaghDIch, wa'DIch, wa'maHDIch, wejDIch
2 each with -Hu' and -leS: cha'Hu', wa'Hu', and cha'leS, wa'leS
2 with -logh: cha'logh, wa'logh

the sole representative in the dictionary of higher numbers is {wa'maH} - 
'ten'.  (since the rules for forming all the whole numbers less than ten million 
are given in the grammar, there is no need to include any in the dictionary. )

the 82 verbs (by suffix):
32 with -wi': baHwI', chIjwI', choHwI' (in woj choHwI'), chu'wI', gharwI', 
ghojwI', ghoqwI', HeSwI', HotlhwI', joqwI', jorwI', lengwI', lIngwI', lotlhwI', 
maghwI', mughwI', nejwI', nIHwI', qumwI', QaywI' (in Hergh QaywI'), QumwI', 
ra'wI', rIHwI', So'wI', SuvwI', tIjwI', toy'wI', tlhIlwI', vu'wI', 'avwI', 
'oSwI', 'urwI'
14 with -Ha': belHa', ghomHa', jotHa', lobHa', naDHa', parHa', qImHa', 
QeyHa', QuchHa', tungHa', voqHa', yajHa', yepHa', yuDHa'
23 with -moH: ghojmoH, ghuHmoH, HeghmoH, mISmoH, muvmoH, poSmoH, pujmoH, 
qalmoH, qawmoH, quvmoH, QeymoH, QopmoH, rIQmoH, SeymoH, SoQmoH, taDmoH, tammoH, 
taymoH, tuHmoH, tuQmoH, tlhu'moH, vemmoH, yonmoH
2 with both -Ha' and -moH: QeyHa'moH, tuQHa'moH
3 with -be': jubbe', motlhbe', Qochbe'
1 each with -chuq and -'egh: ja'chuq; HoH'egh
then the verbs with -ghach: naDqa'ghach, naDHa'ghach, and the last one with 
lo'laH (the only example with -laH, too):  lo'laH, lo'laHghach, lo'laHbe', 
lo'laHbe'ghach [or: lo'laH(be')(ghach)]

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