[Tlhingan-hol] Klingon Word of the Day: lupwI'

[André Müller]

In fact we do know a nice counter example: The German word "Mädchen" (girl,
be'Hom) does contain a diminutive suffix but the base word Maid or Magd is
virtually non-existing nowadays and the etymology isn't immediately
transparent to most users.

Greetings,
- André

On Oct 28, 2011 10:11 AM, "Lieven Litaer" <lieven.litaer at web.de> wrote:

> Am 27.10.2011 16:26, schrieb Philip Newton:
>
>> Cf. also {lupDujHom} "shuttlecraft".
>>>
>>
>> I wonder whether there are also {lupDujmey} that aren't {-Hom}.
>>
>
> Why not?
> From my understanding of the language, every X-Hom does have a X, since the
> suffix is "added" to a word to modify it.
> (although I am not generally saying that every word with a suffix can be
> reversed lacking its suffix!)
>
> Do we have any obvious counter-examples?
>
> By the way - without revealing too much - TalkNow uses {lupwI'} in several
> combinations, but there is no {lupDuj}.
>
> Lieven.
>
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