[tlhIngan Hol] A weird question on {qamchIyDaq 'uQ'a'}

SuStel sustel at trimboli.name
Fri Jul 14 12:36:04 PDT 2017


On 7/14/2017 3:23 PM, Lieven wrote:
> Am 14.07.2017 um 11:11 schrieb Michael Kúnin:
>>
>> Assuming that {qamchIyDaq 'uQ'a'} is the original title and "Feast at 
>> Qam-Chee" is just a translation, what if it is the translation that 
>> is wrong, exactly because of that (in)famous ungrammaticality?
>
> The other theory is that there is a word omitted in the title, which 
> was originally {qamchIyDaq qaS 'uQ'a'}. 

I've had it argued against me that the omitted word was after the full 
title, as in *qamchIyDaq 'uQ'a' [Soplu'].*

But I like Michael's speculation.

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SuStel
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