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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 9/28/2017 1:26 PM, André Müller
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<div>I think ambitransitive isn't the right word here.
Ambitransitive verbs can be intransitive or transitive, like
{Soj vISop} vs. {jISop}. This one reminds me more of Chinese
and Thai in which some verbs are their own causative verb. But
I cannot remember the correct term for this type of verb...<br>
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- André<br>
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<div class="gmail_quote">2017-09-28 19:21 GMT+02:00 kechpaja <span
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class="">On Thu, Sep 28, 2017 at 05:06:45PM +0000, Steven
Boozer wrote:<br>
> SEE ALSO:<br>
> pegh keep something secret, be secret,
classified (v)<br>
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</span>Wait, does this mean that {pegh} is ambitransitive?
Klingon seems to<br>
have very few verbs of that type, so I figure it would be
worth<br>
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<p>Whatever the verb is, we've got a few of them in Klingon.<br>
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<p><b>tagh</b></p>
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<p><b>taghbej mu'qaDveS<br>
</b><i>Curse warfare has definitely begun. </i>(CK)</p>
<b>Qu' DataghDI' 'aqtu' mellota' je tIqaw</b><i><br>
When you begin a mission, remember Aktuh and Melota. </i>(TKW)</blockquote>
<p><b>mev</b></p>
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<p><b>not mev peghmey<br>
</b><i>Secrets never cease. </i>(PK)</p>
<p><b>bIjatlh 'e' yImev<br>
</b><i>Shut up!</i> (PK)</p>
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<p><b>meQ</b></p>
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<p><b>Ha'DIbaHmey meQ Sop 'e' tIv tera'nganpu'<br>
</b><i>Terrans enjoy eating burnt animals.</i> (CK, but notice
the missing <b>lu-</b> on <b>tIv</b>)</p>
<p><b>to'waQ meQ vutwI'<br>
</b><i>The cook burns the tendon.</i> (KGT)</p>
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<p>And you've noticed <b>pegh.</b> There may be others I can't
remember right now. There are also a lot of verbs whose
transitivity we don't know, like <b>DIng</b> <i>spin </i>and <b>chagh</b><i>
drop.</i></p>
<p>And maybe, just maybe, Klingons aren't quite so rigorous with
their transitivity as we are.<br>
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