tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Fri Apr 24 14:59:46 1998

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RE: KLBC tools

• From: "Robyn Stewart" <[email protected]>
• Subject: RE: KLBC tools
• Date: Fri, 24 Apr 1998 14:56:41 PST
• Organization: NLK Consultants, Inc.
• Priority: normal

Holtej wrote:
>>
>> What ist "tools" in Hol??
>
> /nuHmey/, of course. :)
>>
>> Lothar
>
> --Holtej

jIHaghtaghvIS loQ Holtej vIqun.  KLBC chutmey lIjlaw'pu' cheghwI'ma'. 

Lothar, there isn't a single word meaning "tools."  Actually, 
{nuHmey} *would* likely work in most contexts.  We have a word for 
hammer (mupwI').  Often a tool is a "device for the purpose of
<X>ing" - an {<X>meH jan}.  You must translate according to context, 
not seek an all-purpose word.

Robyn Stewart                     [email protected]
NLK Technical Library  ph. (604) 689-0344 fax (604) 443-1000
NLK Consultants Inc. 855 Homer Street, Vancouver BC  V6B 5S2

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