[tlhIngan Hol] law' puS construction with law'

[SuStel]

On 10/11/2017 12:16 PM, nIqolay Q wrote:
> On Wed, Oct 11, 2017 at 12:10 PM, SuStel <sustel at trimboli.name 
> <mailto: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.

*-'a'* and *-Hom* don't just mean great in quantity/intensity/etc.; they 
usually make the noun into a different thing entirely. *vItlh* doesn't 
do that; it just describes a noun.

-- 
SuStel
http://trimboli.name

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