[Tlhingan-hol] muD Duj SIrgh'a'

Steven Boozer sboozer at uchicago.edu
Thu May 31 11:56:12 PDT 2012


Voragh:
>> *{SIrgh'a'} lururbogh latlh mu'mey'e':
>> [...]
>> [Suggestions for translating "(Other) Similar words include" welcome.
>> We have {rur} "resemble" but lack the quality "be similar".

ghunchu'wI':
> Other than the obvious but easily accommodated difference in
> transitivity, what distinction in meaning do you see between
> "resemble" and "be similar"? Your translation seems fine to me,
> though I might leave off the {-bogh}.

Yep, much simpler:

 <X>} lurur mu'meyvam
 These words resemble "X"

Guess I got fixated on "similar" or "related".


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Voragh
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