[Tlhingan-hol] qep'a' Proverbs

De'vID de.vid.jonpin at gmail.com
Sun Jul 27 02:00:13 PDT 2014


> The Secrecy Proverb selected was:
> 'Iw HIq yap tu'lu'be'
> sufficient blood wine does not exist
> submitted by 'angghal

Interesting that this has {tu'lu'be'} instead of {tu'be'lu'}. Both
forms are found in canon, though a strict reading of the grammar
favours {tu'be'lu'} (since {-be'} immediately follows what it
negates).

We have previously:
{SuvwI'pu' qan tu'lu'be'}
{QuvlIjDaq yIH tu'be'lu'jaj}

The new proverb provides more evidence that Klingon speakers may
(occasionally, for unknown reasons) treat {tu'lu'} as one syntactical
unit.

-- 
De'vID



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