tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Wed Oct 17 13:01:51 2007
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Re: verb + verb "compound" nouns?
Voragh:
> > {jey} is not a noun but it is an element in the compound noun
> > {Doghjey} "unconditional surrender". It's another of those
> > noun + verb compounds.
ghunchu'wI':
>I'm confused. Despite the introductory phrase, you still seems to be
You're right, I obviously mis-remembered that {Dogh} was a quality.
>using {jey} as a noun. How is {Doghjey} a noun + verb compound if
>both {Dogh} and {jey} are verbs? For that matter, how is {Doghjey} a
>"compound noun" in the first place, since neither of its parts is a
>noun?
But the compound {Doghjey} IS a noun, although neither {Dogh} "be foolish,
be silly" or {jey} "defeat" are. (Hmm... I wonder if Okrand mis-remembered
the verb {jegh} "surrender"?) If you're quibbling over that fact that
neither of its components are nouns, what then would you call it?
BTW, have we seen any more of these verb + verb "compound" nouns? We've
seen verb + noun compounds, but I can't think of any other verb + verb
types off hand. (I can't search my notes since I don't have these labelled.)
Speaking of which... has anyone ever collected the verb + noun
compounds? Is there a pattern? For example: Is there a preferred order
-- verb + noun, noun + verb, or neither? Or are the verbs always (or
usually) action verbs, not stative verbs/qualities?
--
Voragh
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