[tlhIngan Hol] law' puS construction with law'

[nIqolay Q]

On Wed, Oct 11, 2017 at 12:10 PM, SuStel <sustel at trimboli.name> wrote:
>
> I think the difference, which I just suggested in another message, is that
> *vItlh* is more general than *law'**. law' *is only about quantity, while
> *vItlh* is about quantity or size or intensity or whatever it is by which
> you measure a thing. If you measure a big quantity, either *law' *or
> *vItlh* will do, though *vItlh *assumes the listener knows you're talking
> about quantity; if you measure a big size, either *tIn *or *vItlh* will
> do, though *vItlh *assumes the listener knows you're talking about size;
> if you measure a big strength, either *HoS* or *vItlh* will do, though *vItlh
> *assumes the listener knows you're talking about strength; and so on.
>
It seems like *vItlh* has a similar set of meanings as the noun *-'a'*
suffix.
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