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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 9/22/2021 1:01 PM, Steven Boozer
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cite="mid:DM6PR11MB30527554F6329E0A6CB96798C1A29@DM6PR11MB3052.namprd11.prod.outlook.com"><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">That’s
right. AFAIK there are only four polysyllabic verbs known:
{ghIpDIj} court martial, {He'So’} stink, {HoSghaj} be powerful,
{nughI'} twist knuckle into someone's head. Hmm… perhaps
“bisyllabic verbs” would be better. Did any more appear in the
last two or three qep’a’mey and qepHommey?</span></blockquote>
<p><b>nughI'</b> is a term borrowed from English, so I don't count
it among the "legitimate" polysyllabic verbs.</p>
<p>qep'a' 27 gave us the slang word <b>Hampun</b><i> yodel</i>.
qepHom 17 gave us the onomatopoeias <b>ghughugh</b><i> growl</i>
and <b>Qoghogh</b><i> snort (like a pig).</i> That's as far back
as I'm going to look for now, but I seem to remember <b>Qoghogh</b>
breaking the long dry spell of new polysyllabic verbs. And none of
these appear to be normal, straightforward verbs.</p>
<p>Oh, and don't forget <b>lo'laH</b><i> be valuable,</i> which I
believe Okrand said isn't necessarily just <b>lo' + -laH.</b><br>
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