On 4/2/2022 11:55 AM, mayqel qunen'oS wrote:

Why does this need to be a separate entry? Isn't it just {tlhap} + {-qa'}?

In the English–Klingon side of /The Klingon Dictionary,/ there are numerous entries for English words that one might look up but which are /word + suffix/ in Klingon. For instance, one might want to look up /teach,/ but if the E-K dictionary only included words that led to Klingon stems, you wouldn't find /teach./ So it includes /teach/ and says that it's *ghojmoH.* Likewise, you might want to look up /ocean,/ but an ocean in Klingon is a *bIQ'a',* so the E-K dictionary lists it that way. For symmetry, and because the extra information is sometimes useful, the Klingon–English dictionary includes all of the entries found in the E-K dictionary, even if they're not word stems in Klingon. In the K-E dictionary you'll find separate entries for *ghojmoH* and *bIQ'a',* even though these are really just /word + suffix./ A native Klingon (non-translation) dictionary might not list these words separately, but a translation dictionary does. Including an entry for *tlhapqa'* is just continuing this trend. One might try to look up the word /retrieve,/ but since it's not a bare stem in Klingon but a /word + suffix,/ it appears as /word + suffix./ So the K-E dictionary is also updated to include *tlhapqa'* /retrieve/ (etc.) because that's how it was done in TKD. Even if you're using a lookup app instead of dictionary lists, if you search for /retrieve,/ you won't find it unless *tlhapqa'* is a separate entry. -- SuStel http://trimboli.name