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Re: [Tlhingan-hol] Eurotalk - New Words - Shopping
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (David Trimboli)
Wed Nov 2 17:47:14 2011
Date: Wed, 02 Nov 2011 17:46:47 -0400
From: David Trimboli <david@trimboli.name>
To: tlhingan-hol@stodi.digitalkingdom.org
In-Reply-To: <CAFK8js2KRAZ2cifUa8uEjab6qX5AJ80NR6mpfC3+TUQcWxpeLw@mail.gmail.com>
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On 11/2/2011 5:01 PM, ghunchu'wI' 'utlh wrote:
>
> 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".
Might be. No way to tell at this stage, really.
>> '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.
Yes, "case" is also applicable. It doesn't seem to be a container like a
jug; I would say it completely encloses something that functions inside
the enclosure. You don't take it out. "Container, case, enclosure (n)."
--
SuStel
http://www.trimboli.name/
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