[Tlhingan-hol] Concerning the purpose clauses

[SuStel]

On 11/10/2015 9:37 AM, Will Martin wrote:

> I’m not sure that {be’ la’} would be interpreted as a female commander.
> To my eye, it looks more like a woman’s commander, or the commander of a
> woman. In other words, there’s a woman, and she has a commander, and you
> are saying something about that commander.

A noun-noun construction can be used in any kind of genitive 
construction. For example, KGT gives us {baS 'In} "metal pot." It's not 
"metal's pot" or "pot of the metal."

So {be' la'} can be used for "woman commander."

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