[Tlhingan-hol] Klingon Word of the Day: Say'qu'moH

[Ruben Molina]

On Tue, Jan 14, 2014 at 5:01 PM, Bellerophon, modeler <
bellerophon.modeler at gmail.com> wrote:

> Isn't {lo'laH} an exception?
> ~'eD
>

Yes, it is an exception:

On the other hand, you're right about lo'laH "be valuable."
It is a simple verb in its own right (though it's an
unusual two-syllable one), not the verb lo' "use" plus Type
5 suffix -laH "can."  It is likely that there is some sort
of historical connection to the verb + suffix form, but, if
so, it is just that -- historical.

http://klingonska.org/canon/search/?file=1998-02-23-news.txt&get=source

Maybe {lo'laH} was related with the "use-value" of a commodity:
 {lo'laHlu'} 'someone can use it'   therefore   'it is useful' → {lo'laH}
"it is valuable", and maybe, after some time, it started to be used for any
other form of value, maybe something like: {lo'laH DuDuQlaHbogh Hew} 'a
statue which can emotionally touch you is valuable'

ruben
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