Am 01.06.2017 um 18:02 schrieb SuStel:
In your subject, you call these things "purpose-clause compound nouns." Strictly speaking, none of these are compound nouns, which in TKD are individual words consisting of multiple nouns. All of your examples may be described as noun phrases, but you can't get more specific when describing all of them. They break down into purpose clauses and genitive phrases.
Thanks for clarifying.
I also think you wouldn't be particularly wrong if you said *chevmeH tlhoy'* instead of *chevwI' tlhoy',* for example. It would be like the difference between /border wall/ and /wall of the border:/ one is said and the other isn't, but the other is still perfectly understandable.
But on the other hand, {pe'wI' taj} sounds strange, doesn't it? -- Lieven L. Litaer aka Quvar valer 'utlh Grammarian of the KLI http://www.facebook.com/Klingonteacher