if we consider vabDot to mean "even, moreover, including", then I think it makes sense to consider that it refers to the {boSuqlaH}, giving the meaning "you're even able to acquire" or "moreover you're able to acquire".

but indeed, all this is speculation; however if it is an adverb then it *has* to refer to the {boSuqlaH}, right ? it is the only verb of the sentence it would be able to refer to. the other verb is the {Qej}, which is entangled in the {-bogh} thing (I don't know the grammar term), so it cannot be referring to that..

qunnoH jan puqloD
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On 8 Dec 2016 7:56 pm, "nIqolay Q" <niqolay0@gmail.com> wrote:

The usual assumption is that {vabDot} is an adverbial meaning "even", in the sense of emphasizing that something unexpected is indeed the case. But we have no idea for sure, since Okrand's never given us a gloss of the word. We don't even know 100% what part of speech it is. (Another word in that sentence, {Qej}, also has an unknown precise meaning, though at least we know it's a verb because of the -bogh.)

On Thu, Dec 8, 2016 at 12:35 PM, mayqel qunenoS <mihkoun@gmail.com> wrote:

At this canon sentence:

Qo'noS romuluS je boSuqlaH. vabDot tera' Qejbogh DIvI' ram boSuqlaH.
kronos, romulus and even the puny federation's precious earth, are all
up for grabs.

The {vabDot} is referring to the {boSuqlaH}, right ?

qunnoH jan puqloD
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