tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Sun Nov 15 07:13:15 2009
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Re: tlhIngan porgh
- From: Fiat Knox <[email protected]>
- Subject: Re: tlhIngan porgh
- Date: Sun, 15 Nov 2009 07:11:35 -0800 (PST)
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- In-reply-to: <[email protected]>
If /'ay'/ is the possessed and /porgh/ the possessor, surely -Du' is appropriate in this instance.
--- On Sun, 15/11/09, Lieven Litaer <[email protected]> wrote:
> I was just wondering...
> Body parts take the plural for body parts, {-Du'}.
> But what about the word "body part" itself?
> Should I say
> {tlhIngan porgh 'ay'mey}
> or
> {tlhIngan porgh 'ay'Du'}
>
> {'ay'} is NOT a part of the body, so I guess {'ay'mey}
> would be correct.