[Tlhingan-hol] wojmoHwI' yupma'

Alan Anderson qunchuy at alcaco.net
Mon Dec 10 09:01:58 PST 2012


On Mon, Dec 10, 2012 at 10:51 AM, De'vID <de.vid.jonpin at gmail.com> wrote:
> On Sun, Dec 9, 2012 at 3:34 AM, Gaerfindel <gaerfindel at hotmail.com> wrote:
>> chorgh ram maw' tIv law' wa' jaj tIv puS.
>
> "Eight crazy nights are more {tIv} than one day."  I don't quite get
> this because {tIv} "enjoy" is not a "quality" verb.  Presumably you
> intend something meaning "be enjoyable".  Maybe {belmoH}?  I'm not
> sure that works in a {law'}/{puS} construction though.

I'm guessing something else is wrong as well. I don't know why {maw'}
"be crazy, insane" would be there -- is it a typo (or dictionary
lookup error) for {may'} "battle"? The intended meaning completely
escapes me.

-- ghunchu'wI'



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