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jatlh Qa'yIn:</div>
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<div class="PlainText">> Couldn't we use the prefix trick with {-'egh} and {-chuq} ? I don't<br>
> see a way any ambiguity could appear.<br>
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If there were a legitimate indirect object that you wanted to represent with a "disallowed" prefix on {-'egh} or {-chuq}, I would not have any problem reading that as the prefix trick.</div>
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> taj jInob'eghpu'<br>
> I gave myself a knife<br>
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> taj nob'eghpu'<br>
> he gave himself a knife</div>
<div class="PlainText">> they gave themselves a knife<br>
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> taj Sunobchuqpu'<br>
> you gave each other a knife<br>
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> taj nobchuqpu'<br>
> they gave each other a knife<br>
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The problem with these examples is that they are trying to represent the indirect object with {-'egh} or {-chuq} and it is not clear that we can do that. Aside from very unusual examples like {ja'chuq} (which others have already discussed), I don't feel like
we have any clear examples of this in canon. I don't outright object to it existing in the grammar, but without clearer indication, I do not support this use at this time.</div>
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