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

[David Trimboli]

bIlughbe': pabbej <lo'laHlu'>. <someone/something unspecified is valuable> 'oS.

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From: "De'vID" <de.vid.jonpin at gmail.com>
Sent: ‎1/‎15/‎2014 5:25 AM
To: "tlhIngan-Hol" <tlhingan-hol at kli.org>
Subject: Re: [Tlhingan-hol] Klingon Word of the Day: Say'qu'moH

>> ja' Ruben Molina:
>>>> [...]
>>>> Maybe {lo'laH} was related with the "use-value" of a commodity:  {lo'laHlu'}
>>
>> ja' De'vID:
>>> 'ach DuHbe' *{lo'laHlu'}. tay'laHbe' {-laH} {-lu'} je.

Quvar:
>> You are right, we cannot use two same type suffixes together in the way that Ruben is using it above. But if I understand the explanation correctly, {lo'laH} "be valuable" is really one verb (quote: "not the verb lo' plus Type 5 suffix"), then it must be okay to say
>>
>> {lo'laHlaH} "it is able to be valuable"

loghaD:
> I believe what De'vID is suggesting that {lo'laH} could not have become itsown stem by that route, since that route wasn't open before it was a verb stem.

DoSwIj DaqIppu'. pabmo', DuHbe' {(lo')(-laH)(-lu')}. 'ach DuHbe' je
{(lo'laH)(-lu')}. *"Someone/something is useful it" 'oS. Dap 'oHba'.

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De'vID

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