[tlhIngan Hol] Hergh ngevwI'

[Lieven]

Am 08.06.2016 um 18:04 schrieb mayqel qunenoS:
> .. someone builds a completely automated physical store, which store
> sells medical products. wouldn't we be able to call that store Hergh
> ngevwI' ?

vIlajbej. jan 'oHchugh vay' ngevbogh Doch'e', vaj 'oHvaD ngevwI' 
vIpongbej. roD DuSaQDaq Soj ngevbogh janmey law' tu'lu'. 'oHvaD {Soj 
ngevwI'} vIponglaH 'e' vIHar.

> and then we have the Hergh QaywI'. If we analyze the QaywI', then we
> see that the {Qay} means to transfer. However the given translation,
> doesn't refer to a person who transfers ; it rather refers to a thing,
> which transfers.

'a Hergh Qaychugh Qel, vaj chaq Hergh QaywI' ghaH Qel'e' :-)

> Unless the definition of {Hergh ngevwI'} as "being the person who
> does", comes directly from 'oqranD, then why couldn't we use it to
> describe the store as well ?

Don't stick too much to the definitions. See what the Klingon tells you. 
The suffix {-wI'} means "person or thing that does something". So it's 
up to you to choose, as long as it makes sense.

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