--- In tsolyani@yahoogroups.com, Muhammad Barker <barke002@...> wrote:
>
> Dear Dzala,
>
> Another common method of noun formation is to make a compound: /
> dhu'onpaletl/.
> this is often used in names that have a 'unitary" feel about them.
>
> Often these are further modified. The current usage for your clan
> in Jakalla is /dhupaletl(koi)/.
>
> Phil Barker
>
Thank you very much, Professor - I shall amend my signature block
accordingly.

Actually I had often wondered whether Clan Names obeyed different
rules - I hadn't come up with your word "unitary," but I imagined a
similar concept - so I appreciate your clarification. Do Legion
sobriquets behave similarly, so that "Sapphire Kirtle" would be
/paletldhumala(kh)/ or /niqomikh hipaletldhumala/?

I would guess that Clan Names are standardized throughout the Empire -
at least in formal usage. Is there dialectal variation in informal
speech (Dzitla is a Mreluyani lass)?

Anyway, it's good to hear from you again! I hope you are keeping well
in your frozen realm in the North - we in the South are panting in our
30+C dry spell.

Cheers,

Sal