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RE: tlhIngan Degh (was Re: bong tlhIngan Hol pIqaD je vItu')

DloraH ([email protected]) [Hol po'wI']



> > It looks like he used it as a period.
> > mu'tlhegh (insert one of the "end" words here) ghItlhlaw'meH lo'.
> > 
> 
> I assume you mean the words {megh'an} and {'er'In}.  Can 
> those words even 
> be applied to a relatively abstract object such as a 
> sentence?  The only 
> words I've seen that are used as examples are "stick" and 
> "rope" or "whatever".  
> Are sentences part of 'whatever'?
> 
> lay'tel SIvten


megh'an	(n) end of an object that has discernible length
'er'In	(n) end of an object that has discernible length
chaS 		(n) top end of a cane.    (chaS)
qa'rI'	(n) end of a hallway, tunnel, road, a long field
Dor	(v intrans) end (of a stretch of time (month))
van	(v trans) end an event (voyage, song, story) which one has some control of (unlike a month)
ghang	(v trans) end prematurely
bertlham	(n) end/final portion of opera, play, story
bI'reS	(n) beginning/first portion of opera, play, story
'o'megh	(n) final portion of a song
lIH	(v) begin (introduce) a song
namtun	(n) beginning portion of a song
natlIS	(n) end of a list


Could a sentence be a list of words, thus [natlIS]?  Or following the [tlhegh] portion of the word
and stick with [megh'an/'er'In]?  We could probably come up with things like [rInDI'] and such as
well.
How would we talk about the end of a sentence?


DloraH







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