[Tlhingan-hol] 19 new words to create

[Alan Anderson]

On Sat, Jan 2, 2016 at 1:12 PM, mayql qunenoS <mihkoun at gmail.com> wrote:
> the {-qu'} emphasizes only the preceding {-be'}, or the entire
> construction that precedes it ?

See TKD page 48:

>   pIHoHvIpbe'qu'    we are NOT afraid to kill you
>   pIHoHvIpqu'be'    we are not AFRAID to kill you
>   pIHoHqu'vIpbe'    we are not afraid to KILL you.

{-qu} emphasizes what it follows. Its effect seems most often limited
to the noun or suffix immediately before it. I'm sure there are times
when it makes sense to interpret its range more widely, but this was
not one of them.

-- ghunchu'wI'