<div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><br></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Wed, 26 Jan 2022 at 14:57, SuStel <<a href="mailto:sustel@trimboli.name">sustel@trimboli.name</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">
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<div>On 1/26/2022 8:36 AM, mayqel qunen'oS
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<pre>lieven:
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<pre>Note that Okrand wrote is using a hyphen. That does not mean it's a
suffix per definition, but it shows that {ngan} is usually attached to
the origin of people.
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<pre>This is very important indeed. The fact that 'oqranD chose to write
{-ngan} instead of {ngan}, proves that we can freely attach it to any
country/location/etc.
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<p>No, it doesn't prove that. Okrand may just have used the hyphen
to indicate an element of a complex noun that comes at the end.
It's not automatically an indication of productivity. I happen to
think you <i>can</i> freely attach it, provided it keeps the <i>people
of</i> meaning, but that hyphen isn't proof.</p></div>
</blockquote></div>It's important to note the context of Okrand's words. His words quoted above were part of an explanation of why "Kelpien" is {qelpIngan} in Klingon. He probably just wrote {-ngan} with a hyphen because he was referring specifically to the last syllable in {qelpIngan}.<br clear="all"><div><br></div>-- <br><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature">De'vID</div></div>