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Re: [Tlhingan-hol] Klingon Word of the Day: nItlh naQ
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Gaerfindel)
Mon Jan 16 08:41:37 2012
Date: Mon, 16 Jan 2012 08:41:15 -0500
From: Gaerfindel <gaerfindel@hotmail.com>
To: tlhingan-hol@stodi.digitalkingdom.org
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DevID jonpIn:
I wonder if {DIj} "use a pigment stick" and {DIj} "slide sword blade
along opponent's blade" aren't really the same verb, applied to two
different contexts? Maybe they're just two instances of a more generic
meaning of "slide a stick-like object along another object so as to
cause friction", or something like that.
Or it could be another case of homophony.
'ej jIH:
> I wouldn't use {ghItlh}, as the original meaning is "to
carve/inscribe" such as with Ogham or Norse runes.
DevID jonpIn:
>But isn't that exactly what {ghItlh} is for?
Right. But here we're talking about painting; applying pigment to a
(presumably) flat surface. The /Book of Kells/ was painted, not carved.
~quljIb
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DevID jonpIn:<br>
I wonder if {DIj} "use a pigment stick" and {DIj} "slide sword blade
along opponent's blade" aren't really the same verb, applied to two
different contexts? Maybe they're just two instances of a more
generic meaning of "slide a stick-like object along another object
so as to cause friction", or something like that.<br>
<br>
Or it could be another case of homophony.<br>
<br>
<br>
'ej jIH:<br>
> I wouldn't use {ghItlh}, as the original meaning is "to
carve/inscribe" such as with Ogham or Norse runes.
<br>
<br>
DevID jonpIn:<br>
>But isn't that exactly what {ghItlh} is for?<br>
<br>
Right. But here we're talking about painting; applying pigment to a
(presumably) flat surface. The <i>Book of Kells</i> was painted,
not carved.<br>
<br>
~quljIb<br>
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