28 Jul
2017
28 Jul
'17
11:34 a.m.
Steven Boozer:
Hmm… I wonder if {puqpu’ qan} “old children” works for adolescents? Or maybe pre-teens? <g>
Lieven:
I think that {puq} is not related to age. Even with the age of sixty, one is still the {puq} of one's parents.
In theory, yes. Okrand/Maltz though seems to use {puq} invariably for juveniles. I couldn't find any examples referring unambiguously and non-pejoratively to an adult, let alone an elder. Do you know of any? (I haven't checked the paq'batlh.) The exception seems to be {puqloD} and {puqbe'} as used in names: e.g. {wo'rIv mogh puqloD} "Worf, son of Mogh" or {HuS 'atrom puqbe'} "Huss, daughter of A'trom". -- Voragh