[Tlhingan-hol] QangHom

[Philip Newton]

On Thu, Dec 15, 2011 at 19:06, Qov <robyn at flyingstart.ca> wrote:
> At 09:48 15/12/2011, Steven Boozer wrote:
>>
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>>
>>  juHqo'Daq vaS'a' tu'lu'. ngoch luchermeH 'ej wo' San luwuqmeH
>>  pa' ghom tlhIngan yejquv DevwI'pu'.  DaH che' ghawran. yejquv
>>  DevwI' moj ghawran 'e' wuqta' cho' 'oDwI' Dapu'bogh janluq
>>  pIqarD HoD.
>
> Interesting. It really looks here as though those that sit at the table and
> decide policy are all {tlhIngan yejquv DevwI'pu'}. Leaders of the Empire, as
> it were. This will work for me, as I can then use DevwI' as a title, {vu
> DevwI'}

On the other hand, consider this from KGT (p. 53):

Finally, a student may be described as a {mangHom} ("cadet"), but
{mangHom} is not an official title. One should not say, for example,
{qImlaq mangHom} ("Cadet K'mlak").

So I'm not sure whether nouns can automatically be used as titles.

>> I tend to use {qup} "elder" for this (especially for "senator"); cp.
>> {quprIp} "Council of Elders".  I don't know if {qup} refers to an honored,
>> traditional leader or just someone elderly.

Given that it's the "opposite" of {puq} "child", I had always assumed
that it referred to anyone older.

Cheers,
Philip
-- 
Philip Newton <philip.newton at gmail.com>