[tlhIngan Hol] Special forms of law' puS

Lawrence M. Schoen klingonguy at gmail.com
Fri Aug 4 07:18:35 PDT 2017


This is a great summary. It belongs on one of the new (and forthcoming) KLI
Trading Cards.

On Fri, Aug 4, 2017 at 9:54 AM SuStel <sustel at trimboli.name> wrote:

> Here are the variants of *law'/puS* and other comparatives we've gotten
> over the years.
>
> A Q *law'* B Q
> *puS **A is more Q than B*
>
> A Q *law' Hoch* Q
> *puS **A is the most Q of all*
>
> Q A;* rap* B
> *B is as Q as A*
>
> Q A; *nIb* B
> *B is as Q as A* (connotes precision)
>
> A Q *law'* B Q
> *rap **A is as Q as B*
>
> A Q *puS* B Q
> *rap **A is as Q as B *(connotes disparagement, seldom used)
>
> A Q *law'* B Q
> *nIb **A is as Q as B* (connotes precision)
>
> A Q *law'* B Q
> *law' **A is as Q as B *(connotes positive quality)
>
> A Q *puS* B Q
> *puS **A is as Q as B* (connotes negative quality)
>
> A Q *law'* B Q
> *pIm **A's Q is different than B's Q *(does not imply that one is more Q
> than the other, only that their Qs are different)
>
> A Q *law'be'* B Q *puSbe'*
> *A is not more Q than B*
>
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