RE: Grammar Highlight Each Day

["De'vID" <devid@startrekmail.com>]

> jatlhHa' peHruS:
> > 'uSDu' ghaj raS = the table has legs ('uS = leg; raS = table)  
> > Notice that even beings not capable of language may have body parts.

ghunchu'wI': 
> Tables are not "beings" in my dictionary.  Any dictionary which states
> that they are is a dictionary I do not want anywhere near people who are
> using the term "being" while discussing Klingon grammar.

TKD is even more specific.  TKD p. 23:
"{-Du'} This suffix is used when referring to body parts of those 
beings capable of language as well as of any other animal."

That pretty much rules out using {-Du'} on {raS 'uS}.  But
it does raise an interesting question.  Assuming that Klingons
refer to the props of a table using the word {'uS} "leg"
(and they might not), would the plural be {raS 'uSmey}?

Do we have any words that have been used in canon both for a 
body part and something else?  For example: would I say {toQ 
telDu'} but {Duj telmey}?  (But then I don't want to be 
misunderstood as saying "Ship's wings all over the place"!)

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De'vID

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