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Re: verb + verb "compound" nouns?

Alan Anderson ([email protected]) [KLI Member] [Hol po'wI']

On Oct 17, 2007, at 3:59 PM, Steven Boozer wrote:

>> For that matter, how is {Doghjey} a "compound noun" in the first  
>> place, since neither of its parts is a noun?
>
> If you're quibbling over that fact that neither of its components  
> are nouns, what then would you call it?

I don't think "quibbling" is an appropriate term for applying the  
definitions given in The Klingon Dictionary.

   TKD 3.2.1. Compound nouns

   Compound nouns consist of two or three nouns in a row, much
   like English "earthworm" ("earth" plus "worm") or "password"
   ("pass" plus "word").  For example, {jolpa'} "transport room"
   consists of {jol} "transport beam" plus {pa'} "room".

As for {Doghjey}, I'd call it the same thing TKD 3.2 calls it:  a  
complex noun.  Since it's neither a compound noun nor a verb plus {- 
wI'} (or {-ghach}), it falls under TKD 3.2.3. Other complex nouns.

-- ghunchu'wI'

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