[Tlhingan-hol] Sunlight and Starlight

[De'vID]

Bellerophon, modeler:
>> The apparent non-canon nominalizer
>> -la' is seen only in the noun Qapla', which expresses a result.

ghunchu'wI':
> I suspect that the apparent nominalization is a semantic mutation, not
> a grammatical feature. My dissection of {Qapla'} gives a nonstandard
> but perfectly recognizable "One is able to succeed."

That's a really interesting interpretation! That's exactly what one would
say to someone about to go on an away mission: {QaplaH vay'}. I wonder then
if a regional variant exists, {QapluH}?

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De'vID
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