[Tlhingan-hol] plural of <De' jengva'>

[David Trimboli]

On 11/17/2011 6:22 AM, De'vID jonpIn wrote:

> Now, this raises the question: if Klingons had <qam wovmoHwI'[mey]>
> which they refer to as <qam> in the abbreviated singular, is the plural
> of the abbreviation <qammey> or <qamDu'>?  The above suggests <qammey>,
> but OTOH we have examples of body parts being used metaphorically to
> refer to non-body-part objects having plurals in <-Du'> (e.g.,
> <DeSqIvDu'>, <jIb Ho'Du'>).

If Klingon nouns are indeed gendered, which English nouns are not, then 
the Klingon plural would most likely be {qamDu'}. It would not matter 
how English handles it, since English pluralizes without regard to gender.

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