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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">Continued thanks for sharing the new words and your discussions with Maltz. Quick question: Why did you suggest
</span><b>chep</b> <i>prosper, be prosperous</i> for growing plants? Does it have a farming connotation in German? Something like “flourish” perhaps?
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We already have the verb <b>poch</b> <i>plant </i>:<br>
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(KGT 89): "Agriculture (<b>Satlh</b>) is practiced to a certain extent, though it is common to gather uncultivated plants as well. Fruit or vegetables that come from a farm (<b>Du'</b>) are called either
<b>naH</b> alone or <b>Du' naH</b> (<i>farm fruit or vegetable</i> or <i>produce</i>) … The verb
<b>yob</b> (<i>harvest</i>) is used to refer to gathering up plants or plant parts, whether from a field (<b>yotlh</b>) that has been sown or out in the wild. The verb meaning
<i>farm</i> is <b>wIj</b>; that meaning <i>plant </i>(referring to vegetation of any kind) is
<b>poch</b>. One may say <b>Sor poch</b> (<i>He/she plants a tree</i>), <b>lav poch</b> (<i>He/she plants a shrub</i>), and even
<b>naH poch</b> (<i>He/she plants fruit or vegetables</i>), referring to the ultimate use of the plant as a food source...<br>
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<span style="color:#1F497D">Now, in light of Okrand’s comments, <b>poch</b> seems to refer to the physical act of planting – placing plants or seeds into the ground and covering them with soil – while
<b>wIj </b>seems more general (<i>e.g</i>. ”I grow wheat and sorghum on my farm”).</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">--Voragh<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><b>From:</b> Lieven L. Litaer<br>
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<p class="MsoPlainText">To talk about "growing plants" (i.e. plant them and making them grow), Okrand suggested to use {<b>wIj</b>} "farm". I asked for {<b>chep</b>}, but he said that {<b>chep</b>} does not work with plants.
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