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Re: [Tlhingan-hol] puS

Brent Kesler ([email protected]) [KLI Member]



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On Jun 27, 2014 11:02 PM, &quot;Brad Wilson&quot; &lt;<a href="mailto:[email protected]";>[email protected]</a>&gt; wrote:<br>
&gt;<br>
&gt; The definition for {puS} in TKD has always bothered me - be few, be several, be a handful.<br>
&gt; To me a handful is a few, but several is more than that. I wouldn&#39;t put these together in meaning.<br>
&gt; I usually just ignore the &quot;several&quot; entry and use {law&#39;} instead for several/many.<br>
&gt; How do others reconcile this?<br>
&gt;<br>
&gt; gheyIl<br></p>
<p dir="ltr">There is a subtle wrinkle in English in the meaning of &quot;few&quot; depending on whether you use the article &quot;a&quot;.</p>
<p dir="ltr">1. There are few Klingons on Earth (ie, not many).<br>
2. There are a few Klingons on Earth (ie, several).</p>
<p dir="ltr">I think that&#39;s why {puS} has the conflicting glosses &quot; few&quot; and &quot;several&quot;. It reflects two slightly different shades of &quot;few&quot;. I can imagine MO writing &quot;few&quot; next to {puS}, realizing that&#39;s not quite what he had in mind, and adding &quot;several&quot; to clarify.</p>

<p dir="ltr">bI&#39;reng<br>
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