[Tlhingan-hol] being capable of language suffix class - property of noun, or referent?

[Lieven Litaer]

ghel De'vID:
> I guess the question is, is it the noun that determines the suffix
> class, or the referent of that noun?

Without checking any book, I say: when in doubt, always the noun.
In this case, a "choice" is not a person, even when referring to it.

On proof for this is the slang expression {Ho'} for "hero, idol", which 
will be {Ho'Du'} and {Ho'wIj} even when used to refer to a person.

Lieven.