Has {wI’} ever been used as a sort of noun morpheme, i.e. NOT as the suffix {-wI'} “one who is/does, thing which does”? We have a few examples of what appear to be other verb suffixes used as morphemes, e.g. : (-DI' as soon as, when [V9]) HanDI' cell (n) nguSDI' motor (n) (-lI' in progress [V7]) beylI' bank (n) DoylI’ cart (n) HablI' data transceiving device (n) (more likely related to the verb {lI'} “transmit data (to a place)”) nebeylI’ sarcophagus (fancy) (n) (-ta' accomplished, done [V7]) jonta' engine (n) lIngta' *lingta* (type of animal) (n) [regional?] mIqta' machinery (n) qoSta' ribbon, tape (n) I looked through my notes but there are too many to search quickly. -- Voragh __________________________________________________________ From: ghunchu'wI' 'utlh via tlhIngan-Hol Subject: Re: [tlhIngan Hol] Klingon Word of the Day: 'opuHwI' On Jan 7, 2024, at 7:30 PM, Michael Kúnin via tlhIngan-Hol <tlhingan-hol@lists.kli.org<mailto:tlhingan-hol@lists.kli.org>> wrote: Given the {-wI'}, is there an unrevealed verb {'opuH}? We can’t know whether it’s unrevealed or nonexistent. If we eventually learn of such a verb, we shouldn’t be surprised, but we also shouldn’t expect one.