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

De'vID de.vid.jonpin at gmail.com
Wed Jan 15 00:45:47 PST 2014


Bellerophon, modeler:
>> Isn't {lo'laH} an exception?
>> ~'eD

Ruben Molina:
>[...]
> 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'

'ach DuHbe' *{lo'laHlu'}. tay'laHbe' {-laH} {-lu'} je.

-- 
De'vID



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