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Re: Hypothetical (reconstructed) vocabulary?

Steven Lytle ([email protected]) 

While trying to come up with a different interpretation of *{pIv}, I noticed
that you included {SoSbor} in your list. My list notes that both {SoSbor}
and {SoSbor'a'} are in the main New Words List and on the BoP poster as
'motherboard' and 'main core', respectively. maHvatlh's *tlhIngan Hol
mu'ghom mach *gives {SoSbor} as just 'core'.
lay'tel SIvten
On Fri, Jan 8, 2010 at 2:26 PM, Steven Boozer <[email protected]> wrote:

> Over the weekend I began compiling a list of hypothetical (reconstructed)
> vocabulary, chiefly from compound nouns.  I am, of course, aware of the
> usual caveats, including those voiced by Okrand:
> KCD:  Okrand's audio for {nalqaD} says *{nal} is not used as a word on its
> own, although it is also found in {be'nal} "wife" and {loDnal} "husband".
> Technically, it is a bound morpheme, like English "(o)logy".
>
> st.k 6.18/1997:  {QongDaq} "could be a normal compound noun"--but the
> important word there is *could*: It could be a compound noun IF both {Qong}
> and {Daq} are nouns. We know that {Daq} "place" is a noun; we know that
> {Qong} is a verb ("sleep"); we don't know that {Qong} (presumably "sleep" or
> "sleeping") is a noun. Maybe it is--but until we see it as a noun in its own
> right (that is, in a place in a sentence where nouns occur and in a
> construction where it's not attached to {Daq}) will we know for sure. Until
> that time, it's a good hypothesis, but not a done deal... a word like
> {QongDaq} is evidence that at an earlier stage in the language, there may
> have been a noun {Qong} (meaning "sleep" or something similar). Or maybe
> there was a verb suffix {-Daq} meaning "place where one does X". On the
> other hand, you may have uncovered evidence that there is currently a noun
> {Qong}--it just hasn't been attested anywhere else yet, so we should keep
> our eyes peeled. But without further evidence, it's a guess.
>
>
> Right now I'm trying collect the various candidates so I can tag them as
> "hypothetical" in my notes.  (We can quibble about what - if anything - they
> mean a bit later.)  Here's what I have so far:
>
>
>
> *De'  compute? (Krankor), process information? (ghunchu'wI') (v.) < De'wI'
> computer (from OK?)
>
> *Haq  banks (?) < qawHaq memory banks, data banks
>
> *maQ  omen, sign, auspice (??) (< maQmIgh q.v.)
>
> *naj  dream, vision, fantasy (n)? < Saqghom
>
> *nal  mate, spouse < be'nal wife, loDnal husband, nalqaD "mate challenge",
> 'IrneHnal & tennuSnal "uncles by marriage", 'e'mamnal & me'nal "aunts by
> marriage" and 'e'nal "one who married into the family" (an "in-law").
>
> *nI'  blood relative < be'nI' sister, loDnI' brother, puqnI' grandchild,
> SoSnI' grandmother, vavnI' grandfather)
>
> *pIv  warp? < pIvghor & pIvlob)
>
> *Qong  sleep, sleeping (n.)? < QongDaq bed, Qong sleep (v.)
>
> *ra'ghom  command staff? < ra'ghomquv
>
> *ruS  bond, Bonding, adoption ?? (cf. ruStay R'uustai)
>
> *Saq  landing? < Saqghom, Saqjan & Saq (v.)
>
> *SoSbor  (computer) core, ICU, mainframe? (n.) < SoSbor'a'
>
> *voy'  ionizer unit? < jolvoy'
>
>
> Can anyone add to this list?
>
>
> --
> Voragh
> Canon Master of the Klingons
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