On Wed, 26 Jan 2022 at 14:57, SuStel <sustel@trimboli.name> wrote:
On 1/26/2022 8:36 AM, mayqel qunen'oS wrote:
lieven:
Note that Okrand wrote is using a hyphen. That does not mean it's a
suffix per definition, but it shows that {ngan} is usually attached to
the origin of people.
This is very important indeed. The fact that 'oqranD chose to write
{-ngan} instead of {ngan}, proves that we can freely attach it to any
country/location/etc.

No, it doesn't prove that. Okrand may just have used the hyphen to indicate an element of a complex noun that comes at the end. It's not automatically an indication of productivity. I happen to think you can freely attach it, provided it keeps the people of meaning, but that hyphen isn't proof.

It's important to note the context of Okrand's words. His words quoted above were part of an explanation of why "Kelpien" is {qelpIngan} in Klingon. He probably just wrote {-ngan} with a hyphen because he was referring specifically to the last syllable in {qelpIngan}.

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