[tlhIngan Hol] Can I use verb type 9 suffix {-wI'}, after other suffixes ?

mayqel qunenoS mihkoun at gmail.com
Mon Jun 27 07:38:32 PDT 2016


SuStel, Andre Muller, Lawrence M. Schoen and Voragh thank you !

On Mon, Jun 27, 2016 at 5:36 PM, Steven Boozer <sboozer at uchicago.edu> wrote:
> Such nouns are not very common – so don’t go crazy -  but they are allowed.
> Here are a few more I could find:
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> ngaQHa'moHwI'  key (TNK)
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> bochmoHwI'     sycophant, flatterer, one who tries to curry
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> favor by flattering a superior (slang) KGT
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> chenmoHwI'     creator,  maker KGT
>               (e.g. Hew chenmoHwI' sculptor)
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> najmoHwI'      lullaby (n) KGT
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> ngaDmoHwI'     stabilizer (component of a ship) KGT
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> wovmoHwI'      light (device) KBoP (n)
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>               (e.g. wovmoHwI' moQ  light bulb (TNK)
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> yIntaHwI'      living (person),  the living PB
> jubbe'wI'      mortal (person) (n) PB
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> Heghpu'wI'     dead (person),  the dead PB
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> yoymoHwI'      inverter (device) (n)
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> pIlHa'wI'      "unmotivated one" (i.e. one who is apathetic)
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> SaHHa'wI'      one who is not concerned (i.e. one who is apathetic))
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> quvHa'wI'      dishonored one
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> From: tlhIngan-Hol [mailto:tlhingan-hol-bounces at lists.kli.org] On Behalf Of
> André Müller
> Sent: Monday, June 27, 2016 8:55 AM
> To: tlhingan-hol at kli.org
> Subject: Re: [tlhIngan Hol] Can I use verb type 9 suffix {-wI'}, after other
> suffixes ?
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> Yes, there's no problem with it. If the semantics still make sense after
> nominalizing a verb with {-wI'} I see no problem. You could describe someone
> who is willing to learn Klingon as a {ghojqangwI'}, and someone who is
> afraid to speak a {jatlhvIpwI'}. And so on... we also have a few examples of
> canonical words involving {-wI'} and a verbal suffix:
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> * {QaDmoHwI' DIr} = towel (lit.: dry-maker skin)
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> * {Say'moHwI' tlhagh} = soap (lit.: clean-maker fat)
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> * {Sut HabmoHwI'} = iron (lit.: clothing smooth-maker)
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> I see no reason to think that this shouldn't work with other suffixes just
> as well.
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> What's arguable not possible (but we don't know for sure, I think) is using
> {-wI'} on a verb with prefixes. I would probably not accept ?{muparHa'wI'}
> as a word for 'someone who likes me'.
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> - André
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> 2016-06-27 15:40 GMT+02:00 mayqel qunenoS <mihkoun at gmail.com>:
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> So far, I considered verb type 9 suffix {-wI'), as a suffix, one could
> use on a verb, which verb didn't have a preceding suffix. And I really
> don't know why I had that impression.
>
> But recently, at another thread, I saw someone using the verb type 9
> suffix {-wI'}, on a verb which had another type of verb suffix,
> preceding the {-wI'}.
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> So, I want to ask ; is this allowed ? Can I place the verb type 9
> suffix, on a verb which has another verb suffix, preceding ?
>
> Of course the question would be : "why would you want to ?". Right now
> I can't think of a reason. However I remember that the person who had
> used it this way, had actually created a construction which made
> perfect sense, and was appropriate for the occasion.
>
> mop Hurgh qunnoq
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