Readily Apparent: Type 3 Noun Suffix -Hey

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Type 3 Noun Suffixes: Qualification

The three kinds of Type 3 noun suffix fulfill the same function as Type 6 verb suffixes - they qualify the noun they follow. The three Type 3 suffixes are -Hey apparent, -na' definite and -qoq so-called.

-na' apparent

Like the Type 6 verb suffix -law' apparently, the Type 3 noun suffix -na' qualifies a noun as something apparent - the speaker has a doubt that what is seen is what is actually there.

paq	a book
paqHey	an apparent book
maS	moon
maSHey	apparent moon
baS	metal
baSHey	apparent metal
taSman	ditch (New word - taSman ditch (n))
taSmanHey	apparent ditch
mutlhwI'	builder (New word - mutlh build, construct (v))
mutlhwI'Hey	apparent builder
nuH	weapon
nuHHey	apparent weapon
HoS Hal	power source
HoS HalHey	apparent power source

Examples:-

pa' maSHey tu' nochmey	Sensors detecting an apparent moon over there
Qav 'oSwI'Hey wIHoHnIS	We must kill the apparent representative last
DaH tu'HomI'raHHeyvetlh yIpolHa'	Get rid of that apparently useless object now!/ (new word - tu'HomI'raH useless thing)
veQHey 'oH Dochvetlh'e'	That is apparent garbage

Apparent versus Apparently

It might be necessary, some days, to determine whether to use the noun suffix -Hey to qualify a noun, or the verb suffix -law' on a verb. -Hey only qualifies the noun it is attached to; -law' on the verb has the effect of an adverbial, and it affects the entire sentence.

If you are using -law' and -Hey in the same sentence, you could translate the noun modified with -Hey with something like "what looks like" or "what could be" instead of a redundant apparent. Conversely, you could translate -law' as seemingly instead:-

pa' maSHey tu'law' nochmey	Sensors are apparently detecting what looks like a moon over there
'oSwI'Hey wIHoHlaw'ta'	We have apparently killed what could be the emissary
veQHey wIpolHa'law'	We have seemingly got rid of the apparent garbage

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