tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Fri Jan 28 07:55:48 2005
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RE: bInIvqu'bej
ter'eS:
> > One quibble: it's probably {qa'wIj}; I don't
> > think one's spirit is considered capable
> > of speech.
DloraH:
>Spirits (of beings capable of speech) are themselves classified as capab=
le
>of speech.
"Note that the word for 'spirit', {qa'}, takes the plural suffix {=96pu'}=
,=20
which is used for beings capable of using language. Spirits do=20
speak." [KGT p.117]
"... the plural of {Qun} ["god, supernatural being"] is {Qunpu'} since th=
ey=20
are or were presumably capable of using language, which is what the plura=
l=20
suffix {-pu'} implies ... {Qunpu'} are distinct from {qa'pu'} 'spirits'=20
(such as the spirits of the dishonored dead which reside at=20
Gre'thor)." [st.klingon 7/19/99]
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Voragh
Ca'Non Master of the Klingons