On Thu, 11 Feb 2021 at 23:31, De'vID <de.vid.jonpin@gmail.com> wrote:
We might also suppose that the *reH* remains before the main sentence but
that *latlh qabDaq* modifies something else, and *qul* just gets in the way because of the odd syntax. It might be attached to *tuj:* *fire's hot-on-another's-face is many, and all else's hot is few; this is always true.* Or it might be attached to *law':* *fire's hot is many * *on-another's-face, and all else's hot is few; this is always true.*
I would think of it as being applied to "A's Q is many", so something like "on someone else's face, fire's hot is many; everything (else)'s hot is few".
We also have {DujvamDaq tlhIngan nuH tu'lu'bogh pov law' Hoch pov puS} which follows a similar structure. "on this ship, Klingon weapons which are found's excellent is many; everything (else)'s excellent is few".
Thinking about this some more, it occurred to me that the {tu'lu'bogh} changes the scope of {-Daq} explicitly. {DujvamDaq tlhIngan nuH tu'lu'bogh} is a perfectly good noun phrase (whereas {DujvamDaq tlhIngan nuH} isn't). This suggests the contrasting: {tlhIngan nuH pov law' DujvamDaq Hoch tu'lu'bogh pov puS} "the Klingon weapon is better than anything on this ship" -- De'vID