[tlhIngan Hol] Adjectival use of {meQ}

[SuStel]

On 5/24/2019 1:11 PM, mayqel qunen'oS wrote:
> First of all, remember that {meQ} is given as "burn".
>
> Now, read the Ca'Non sentence, from CK:
>
> {Ha'DIbaHmey meQ Sop 'e' tIv tera'nganpu'}.
>
> Unfortunately, I don't have the Ca'Non translation..
>
> But, aside the obvious omission of the {lu-} from the {tIv}, let me 
> ask you..
>
> Can I use this Ca'Non sentence, as all the excuse I could ever need, 
> to take {meQ}, and use adjectivally, like there's no tomorrow ?

It's excuse enough to say, "It looks like a related homograph meaning 
/be burned,/ so unless something come along otherwise to make me doubt 
that, I'll use it that way."

That is, go ahead and use it with the understanding that it's on probation.

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SuStel
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