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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 6/28/2019 9:44 AM, mayqel qunen'oS
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<div dir="auto">SuStel:</div>
<div dir="auto">> And yes, the petaQmey is used for beings >
capable of using language. They're not </div>
<div dir="auto">> scattered all about in the passage, so it's
> being used insultingly.</div>
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<div dir="auto">I can't understand though, why the {-mey} instead
of {-pu'}. Is this some special case, as in {Dojmey}, which has
{-mey} even if referring to beings capable of language ?</div>
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<p>It's because they're <i>p'takhs!</i> What other reason do you
need?</p>
<p>The full stanza is:</p>
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<p><b>nItlhejbogh petaQmey<br>
tInuD chaHvaD<br>
nIb yan wIjwI' jan je</b></p>
<p><i>Look at these p'takhs at your side,<br>
They don't know how to distinguish<br>
A sword from a plough!</i></p>
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<p>The idea is that they're so stupid, Molor is going to refer to
them as if they were things instead of people.<br>
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<pre class="moz-signature" cols="72">--
SuStel
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