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Re: [Tlhingan-hol] Klingon Word of the Day: nub

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Subject: Re: [Tlhingan-hol] Klingon Word of the Day: nub
Date: Mon, 3 Dec 2012 20:03:58 +0100
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On Mon, Dec 3, 2012 at 4:06 PM, Steven Boozer <span dir="ltr">&lt;<a href="mailto:[email protected]"; target="_blank">[email protected]</a>&gt;</span> wrote:<br><div class="gmail_extra"><div class="gmail_quote"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left-width:1px;border-left-color:rgb(204,204,204);border-left-style:solid;padding-left:1ex">
<div class="im">&gt;&gt; Klingon word:   nub<br>
&gt;&gt; Part of speech: verb<br>
&gt;&gt; Definition:     be suspect<br>
&gt;&gt; Source:         TKD<br>
 <br>
Voragh: <br>
</div><div class="im">&gt; pIH     be suspicious<br>
&gt; voqHa&#39;  distrust<br>
&gt; voq     trust<br>
&gt; chun    be innocent<br>
&gt; DIv     be guilty<br>
&gt; -law&#39;   &quot;suspect that&quot;, etc.<br>
<br>
</div>De&#39;vID:<br>
<div class="im">&gt; There&#39;s also the noun {nubwI&#39;}, which is defined as<br>
&gt; &quot;predecessor&quot;, and the verb {nung}, &quot;precede&quot;.  The<br>
&gt; definition of {nubwI&#39;} is something which is rather<br>
&gt; suspect.<br>
<br>
</div>I&#39;ve wondered whether this should have been *{nungwI&#39;} from {nung} &quot;preceed&quot;.  But once published it was established and Okrand eventually used {nubwI&#39;} in the paq&#39;batlh:<br>
<br>
  qeylIS bov nubwI&#39;<br>
  before the era of Kahless (PB xiv)</blockquote></div><br>Or Floris Schönfeld looked up &quot;predecessor&quot;, found {nubwI&#39;}, and used it without ever considering {nungwI&#39;}.  I think they&#39;re essentially synonyms.  But now it&#39;s ambiguous when we say {nubwI&#39;} whether we mean something that is suspect or a predecessor.<br clear="all">
<div><br></div>-- <br>De&#39;vID<br>
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