[tlhIngan Hol] Why not law'wI'pu' ?

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On Fri, 22 Feb 2019 at 14:51, mayqel qunen'oS <mihkoun at gmail.com> wrote:

> charghwI':
>
> > reH tlhIngan yoH law’, tera’ngan yoH puS.
>
> > SuvDI’, reH puSwI’pu' jey law’wI’pu’ net
>
> > Sov.
>
> So, you *do* accept that law'wI'pu' can indeed mean "the many" ?
>

Not really. He's using the {law'} in {law'wI'} to refer back to the {law'}
in the {law'}/{puS} construction.


> charghwI':
>
> > As further evidence, I suggest that
>
> > {puSwI’} is the etymological root of an
>
> > English derogatory term that sounds
>
> > similar.
>
> What do you mean by that ?
>

A weakling or coward is often called a pusi...llanimous person in English.

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