tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Sat Jan 01 23:29:16 2000
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Re: KLBC: a cup of tea vs. a tea cup
ja' De'vID:
>How do I distinguish between saying a "tea cup" and a "cup of tea"
>(not quite the same thing)? <Dargh HIvje'> refers to the cup (KGT 96).
>But what if I want to refer to the tea? That is, I have a cup of tea,
>it is a *cup* of tea that I have and not, say, a bottle of tea.
If you're concerned about the container making the difference between
two different types of tea, {HIvje' Dargh} "cup tea" and {bal Dargh}
"bottle tea" might work.
If you're talking about the quantity of tea, there's no established
way to talk about a "cupful". You can use the verb {muq} "have a
volume of" and count {tlhoren} (approximately a quart or liter). Or
you can specify that you're talking about tea which is contained by
a cup as pagh suggested: {Dargh'e' ngaSbogh HIvje' vIghaj}.
-- ghunchu'wI' 'utlh