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Re: Sa'HutwIj [HI/yI]chop

...Paul ([email protected])

• From: "...Paul" <[email protected]>
• Subject: Re: Sa'HutwIj [HI/yI]chop
• Date: Sat, 8 Jan 2005 21:36:24 -0800 (PST)
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On Sun, 9 Jan 2005, QeS lagh wrote:
> Not quite. {Sa'HutwIj HIchop} is grammatical, but it doesn't mean "bite my
> bottom". There would be a direct object {Sa'Hut} and an indirect object
> {jIHvaD}.

There is no indirect object in the English "Bite my bottom".  "My Bottom"
is a direct object of "bite".  /Sa'HutwIj yIchop/, then, would be "Bite my
bottom".  If you said /jIHvaD Sa'Hut yIchop/ like it appears you're
implying, it would be "Bite my bottom for me" which is definitely not what
I suspect is being communicated.

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...Paul

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