tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Wed Aug 21 13:07:43 2013
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Re: [Tlhingan-hol] Sunlight and Starlight
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<p dir="ltr">Bellerophon, modeler:<br>
>> The apparent non-canon nominalizer<br>
>> -la' is seen only in the noun Qapla', which expresses a result.</p>
<p dir="ltr">ghunchu'wI':<br>
> I suspect that the apparent nominalization is a semantic mutation, not<br>
> a grammatical feature. My dissection of {Qapla'} gives a nonstandard<br>
> but perfectly recognizable "One is able to succeed."</p>
<p dir="ltr">That's a really interesting interpretation! That's exactly what one would say to someone about to go on an away mission: {QaplaH vay'}. I wonder then if a regional variant exists, {QapluH}?</p>
<p dir="ltr">-- <br>
De'vID</p>
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