[tlhIngan Hol] More on {-moH} and tritransitive verbs

[De'vID]

On 9 December 2016 at 05:38, Ed Bailey <bellerophon.modeler at gmail.com> wrote:
> Ah, and TKD doesn't say quite what I remembered it saying:
> {-vo'} <from>
>
>   This suffix is similar to {-Daq} but is used only when action is
> in a direction away from the noun suffixed with {-vo'.}
>
> I mistook "action" for motion, since that's usually the kind of action
> involved. The action must still take place along a path through physical
> space, though, correct? You couldn't say *{vavnI'wI'vo' Du'vam vIHevpu'} for
> instance, could you?

In a universe with transporter technology, one *could* say that. It
just wouldn't mean mere transfer of ownership.

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De'vID