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Re: [Tlhingan-hol] qungmey bommey je

daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (David Trimboli)
Thu Feb 2 16:32:29 2012

Date: Thu, 02 Feb 2012 16:32:09 -0500
From: David Trimboli <david@trimboli.name>
To: tlhingan-hol@stodi.digitalkingdom.org
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On 2/2/2012 3:37 PM, Gaerfindel wrote:
> On 2/2/2012 11:56 AM, Wiechu wrote:
>> [A]ccording to what I've read in TKD such a construction should be
>> understood as N1's N2 or alternatively N2 of N1. TKD page 30 chapter 3.4.
>> What did you mean by Sor nItlh ? Wooden stick ? Wooden finger ?
>>
> {Sor nItlh} tree's finger - branch. Poetic license, but there's precedent:
>
> {Sor Hap} tree's flesh - wood
> {nevDagh DeSqIvDu'} - a /nevdagh's/ "elbows" (note the body part plural)
> - aka "handles"

Why not just use {naQ} "stick"? "With a stick, dear Henry..."

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