18 Apr
2018
18 Apr
'18
9:05 a.m.
On 4/18/2018 8:06 AM, Philip Newton wrote:
I thought {ma'} used to be "say, tell" (hence the translation of "I told you, engines only") -- and {-pu'} was simply past tense then.
Later the meaning of {ma'} was changed, as you say, and it is now "accommodate". I've heard a rumour that this particular meaning is because Marc Okrand accommodated the writers' change in the sentence, but I haven't been able to confirm that.
I believe we heard Okrand tell this very story at qep'a' wejDIch. -- SuStel http://trimboli.name