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Re: [Tlhingan-hol] Klingon Word of the Day: juv
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Steven Boozer)
Tue May 6 14:01:35 2014
From: Steven Boozer <sboozer@uchicago.edu>
To: "tlhingan-hol@kli.org" <tlhingan-hol@kli.org>
Date: Tue, 6 May 2014 16:07:02 +0000
In-Reply-To: <8D13759622BA305-15CC-2652B@webmail-va023.sysops.aol.com>
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gheyIl
>>> I believe a measurement device in general would be called
>>> {juvmeH jan}.
De'vID:
>> yap wa' juvmeH jan: Hoqra'. Hoch juvlaH(law').
Brad Wilson:
> What's wrong with {juvwI'} ?
> Yes, is means the one who does the measuring, but is there any
> reason it can't also be the device that does the measuring?
There's nothing wrong with it. People have long used the *{X-meH jan} pattern for all sorts of gizmos on the list. It's the difference between a meter *{juvwI'} and a measuring device *{juvmeH jan}.
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Voragh
Ca'Non Master of the Klingons
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