tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Tue Nov 27 14:42:49 2007
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Re: Klingon WOTD: chut (noun)
>ja' Voragh:
> > So *{DIj} is a bound morpheme having to do with courts and trials.
ghunchu'wI:
>That's an interesting speculation. How do you see it fitting with
>the standalone verbs meaning "paint using a pigment stick" and "slide
>sword blade against opponent's blade"?
It doesn't. They are irrelevant homonyms.
> > *{bo} and *{ghIp} are otherwise unattested.
>
>I think you meant *{bo'}. {bo} means "feather" (and is also a verb
>prefix). Are you forgetting the nouns for "bird" and "scoop", or
>just ignoring them? :)
Again... they are irrelevant homonyms.
I didn't think I needed to add "having anything to do with courts and
trials" in each case, but obviously I was wrong.
Surely you don't think all instances of {cha'}, for example, must be
etymologically related merely because they sound alike? Or {chu'}? Or
{bo'}? Or {DIj}?
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Voragh
Ca'Non Master of the Klingons