[Tlhingan-hol] nuq bop bom: 'ay' wa'vatlh wejmaH wej: <qama' mIwmey>

[De'vID jonpIn]

QeS 'utlh:
> > Makes sense. If that's the case, then in order to say that you cover
> > X with Y, you'd have to say {X velmeH Y vIlo'} or {Y-vaD X vIvelmoH};

De'vID:
> > I think you mean {X-vaD Y vIvelmoH}?

QeS 'utlh:
> Nope. We only have a single clear example of a causative of a divalent
> verb, but it shows that it's the *subject* of the non-causative form
> that gets demoted to the {-vaD} position in the causative, so:
>
> ghaHvaD quHDaj qawmoH
> It reminds him of his heritage. (S20)

*mind blown*

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