On 10/3/2017 10:37 AM, Lieven wrote:
Am 03.10.2017 um 15:57 schrieb André Müller:
My thoughts on this: We say {puqloD} and {puqbe'}, which are literally 'childman' and 'childwoman'. So I think {ghu loD} is more logical.
In addition, we also have the {qItbe'} a female kind of guineafowl.
Cousins are {lorbe'} and {lorloD}, and {tey'be'} and {tey'loD}.
This might confirm that the gender follows the type it odifies. Having {be'nal} and {loDnal}, doe not count by the way, beause here, all the nal-ed family memebers end with {-nal}.
But what if Klingons do not make a difference with babies? We don't do that in English either, do we?
To avoid the problem, I would make this two phrases: {ghu vIlegh. loD ghaH.}
That implies to my mind that the baby is a man. Say this instead: *ghu vIlegh; loDHom ghaH.* -- SuStel http://trimboli.name