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

[David Trimboli]

On 11/17/2011 3:30 PM, ghunchu'wI' 'utlh 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'>).
>
> Those are strong suggestions that the choice of plural is based on the
> word itself and not on how it's used. However, we also have the
> contrary example of {DIr} getting {-Du'} as a literal body part and
> {-mey} as a more generic reference. Add the observation that<qam>  is
> just acting as an attributive noun for the missing plural object, and
> I would lean heavily toward<qammey>  here.

KGT has {veDDIrmey}, but whence do you get {DIrDu'}?

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