[96852] in tlhIngan-Hol
Re: [Tlhingan-hol] {qoSta'} clarified
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Steven Boozer)
Wed Jul 31 15:49:23 2013
From: Steven Boozer <sboozer@uchicago.edu>
To: "tlhingan-hol@kli.org" <tlhingan-hol@kli.org>
Date: Wed, 31 Jul 2013 19:49:13 +0000
In-Reply-To: <BLU175-W13A6BE6D7D423087723325A4570@phx.gbl>
Errors-To: tlhingan-hol-bounces@stodi.digitalkingdom.org
Voragh:
>> So you're saying that {'aplo'} is the actual word for "container" -
>> instead of the theoretical nomen agentis *{ngaSwI'} - or at least the
>> one in current use? {qegh} "vat, barrel", {'Ib} "tub", {bal} "jug,
>> jar, bottle", etc. would then be specialized types of {'aplo'mey}.
Jeremy: =
> For myself, and based on nothing more than instinct, I have assumed that,
> like the other words listed above, an <'aplo'> is a subcategory of
> <ngaSwI'>. =A0The particular <ngaSwI'> described as an <'aplo'> would be a
> container in the shape of a right-parallelepiped, more commonly called a
> rectangular box. =A0I have not spent much time with Talk Now! =A0Does any=
one
> know the picture shown for <'ul 'aplo'mey>? =A0Is it talking about someth=
ing
> like car batteries, which are usually rectangular.
IIRC wasn't {'ul 'aplo'mey} listed in TalkNow! along with {mIllogh qonwI'} =
"camera" and {mIllogh qonwI' qoSta'} "film" ? Are modern camera batteries =
rectangular? (I've never owned a camera, digital or otherwise.)
--
Voragh
Ca'Non Master of the Klingons
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