Am 20.08.2014 15:55, schrieb Steven Boozer:
From my notes...
MO to 'ISqu' (1/02/2012): hole (like a hole in the ground) is
{QemjIq}. This can also be used for the hollow in a tree. {qung}, the
word for "hole in a musical instrument", can't be used for a hole in
the ground, but it could be used for a bullet hole or a hole in a
shirt (including buttonholes, moth holes, accidental rips, etc.) or a
hole in the roof. You can fill ({teb}) a {QemjIq}, but not a {qung}.
According to HQ 10.2:8, {qung} is to change the pitch in a wind
instrument, apparently not a soundhole for stringed instruments.
Based on this, I would say that the opening of a bottle (or jug) is
the general {QemjIq}. {qung} seems to be restricted to the very
specialized holes in wind instruments.
Maybe you should adapt these notes. You cannot say "{qung} seems to be
restricted to the very specialized holes"
after reading Okrand's explanation:
"{qung} [...] could be used for a bullet hole or a hole in a shirt
(including buttonholes, moth holes, accidental rips, etc.) or a hole in
the roof."