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

[Qov]

At 09:41 '?????' 5/10/2012, De'vID jonpIn wrote:


>Qov:
> > I think wIvmey/wIvpu' for animate choices is akin to "It is my 
> choice" vs. "He is my choice."
>
>I replied to the other messages before I saw yours.  Good 
>points.  So you don't think it's weird if someone referred to his 
>{wIvpu'} if it refers to a group of people?

Not at all. I think it might be weird the other way. I would need to 
twist it in my head and understand wIvmey representing not the people 
themselves, but the choices that went into them being there.

>I think I'm going with {wIvwIj} in my translation anyway, since 
>{wIvwI'} is ambiguous (it could mean "chooser").

yaj. vIloSlI''

- Qov