On 7/11/2019 12:17 PM, mayqel qunen'oS wrote:
The verb {qeq} is given as "practice, train, prepare".
If I say {moQbara' vIqeq}, then what does it mean ?
"I practice mok'bara" as in "I practice karate" (that is "I know how it's done") ?
"I practice mok'bara" as in "I'm training so that I'll become better" ?
"I train mok'bara" as in "I grabbed the mok'bara and I caused it to train" ?
"I prepare mok'bara" as in "I grabbed the mok'bara and I'm getting it ready for something" ?
I don't think Okrand has ever used *qeq* in a sentence or explained it, so I can't give you a definitive answer, but I believe the correct object of *qeq* is the regimen the subject is training in. *moQbara' vIqeq* means I'm working to improve my ability at *moQbara';* it doesn't mean I'm a practitioner of *moQbara',* and it doesn't mean that I'm trying to improve the skills of some entity called *moQbara'.* -- SuStel http://trimboli.name