On Sat, Jun 9, 2018 at 9:46 AM, Daniel Dadap <daniel@dadap.net> wrote:
Oh, another question that came up while doing this one: what grammatical gender does something not capable of language take when one wants to express that a being capable of language is metaphorically that thing? For example, to say “you are my sun”, should it be julwIj SoH, or julwI' SoH?
Canon is not consistent enough to provide a firm rule, but the handles called *DeSqIvDu'* *elbows* on a *nevDagh* cooking pot get the "body part" plural. I tend to go with the idea that the word itself usually provides the category, and here I would say *julwIj*. You're not actually referring to a speech-capable sun, so I don't think using the non-speech-capable possessive carries a derogatory implication. -- ghunchu'wI'