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Re: [Tlhingan-hol] Eurotalk - New Words - Shopping

daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (ghunchu'wI' 'utlh)
Wed Nov 2 17:01:48 2011

In-Reply-To: <4EB1A609.9080902@trimboli.name>
From: "ghunchu'wI' 'utlh" <qunchuy@alcaco.net>
Date: Wed, 2 Nov 2011 17:01:11 -0400
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On Wed, Nov 2, 2011 at 4:20 PM, David Trimboli <david@trimboli.name> wrote:
> The two new Klingon words seem to be quite useful. Here's my take on them:
>
> qoSta' - strip, tape (not necessarily sticky) (n)

I was thinking along the lines of function rather than of form,
something like "recording medium".

> 'aplo' - container (n)

I wouldn't use {'aplo'} for many things that would be a "container" in
English. Perhaps "case" comes closer to what I'm thinking, though that
word too has too wide a meaning.

-- ghunchu'wI'

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