On 7/20/2020 2:01 PM, Will Martin wrote:
I think you are exactly as presumptive, assuming that Klingons would not add Klingon suffixes to foreign-language words as you are saying that Klingon speakers have been by doing so.
The simple truth is: In English, we don’t consistently use English suffixes on foreign words, but Klingon isn’t English. Until we see a canon example of it being done one way or another, we don’t know how it's done in Klingon.
This is an issue regarding one's particular style guide, not a grammatical or sociolinguistic issue. Different style guides may advocate different rules. The /Kronos Manual of Style/ may advocate for keeping native and foreign elements out of single words, while the /Praxis Memorial Guide to Style/ may advise always using native morphemes on foreign root words. Neither is "correct"; style guides are prescriptive. What Qa'yIn has stumbled across is not a "rule," but it's definitely what I consider good style. -- SuStel http://trimboli.name