Unless Marc Okrand back-formed {vil} (noun) from {ville'} ----Original message----
From : de.vid.jonpin@gmail.com Date : 02/05/2017 - 08:40 (GMTST) To : tlhingan-hol@kli.org Subject : Re: [tlhIngan Hol] vIlle' pun
On 2 May 2017 at 04:29, Alan Anderson <qunchuy@alcaco.net> wrote:
On Mon, May 1, 2017 at 11:28 AM, SuStel <sustel@trimboli.name> wrote:
Oh god. I just realized what the pun is with vIlle' minion:
filet mignon
'oy' jay'
That's...remarkable. How could something so obvious have been so stealthy for so long?
-- ghunchu'wI'
So is there an etymological relationship between {vIl} (n.) and {vIlle'} or not? It seems natural to interpret {vIlle'} as {vIl le'}, a special {vIl}, but maybe they're independent words and the resemblance is a coincidence.