[Tlhingan-hol] Klingon Word of the Day: Say'qu'moH
De'vID
de.vid.jonpin at gmail.com
Wed Jan 15 12:01:42 PST 2014
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.
De'vID:
> DoSwIj DaqIppu'. pabmo', DuHbe' {(lo')(-laH)(-lu')}. 'ach DuHbe' je
> {(lo'laH)(-lu')}. *"Someone/something is useful it" 'oS. Dap 'oHba'.
SuStel:
> bIlughbe': pabbej <lo'laHlu'>. <someone/something unspecified is valuable>
> 'oS.
DaH pabbej. 'ach mung ngervam vIqel:
> 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
"Someone can use it" 'oSchugh *{lo'laHlu'}, vaj "he/she/it-it" moHaq
ghaj mu'tlheghqoqvam. (pagh wIleghlaH 'ach SaH.) ghIq wa' mu'na'
mojchugh {lo'laH}, "someone/something is useful it" 'oS
{(lo'laH)(-lu')}. ngervetlh vIHarbe' 'e' vIQIjmeH meq vInob neH.
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De'vID
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