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

[Ed Bailey]

On Thu, Feb 21, 2019 at 12:55 PM SuStel <sustel at trimboli.name> wrote:

> *law'* means *be many,* so *law'wI'* means *one who is many...*
>
The rigidity of this translation is what makes it nonsensical. For anything
countable, the meaning of *law'* makes *law'wI'* inherently plural. It
could be translated as "the many," just as *qanwI'* can be translated "the
old."
As a substitute for a mass noun, *law'wI'* could be translated "much." None
of which means Klingons actually use the term *law'wI'*, but even if they
don't, I expect they'd get your meaning.

~mIp'av

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