[tlhIngan Hol] derogatory, but to whom ?

Daniel Dadap daniel at dadap.net
Thu Mar 21 09:57:53 PDT 2019



> On Mar 21, 2019, at 10:24, Steven Boozer <sboozer at uchicago.edu> wrote:
> 
> >> If I say be'nI'wIj, is it derogatory to me or to my sister ? Or to both ?
> 
>  
> To your sister.  How would it insult you   ?

Because she’s *his* sister, so it could be an insult by association. I agree though that it mainly insults the sister.
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