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RE: Grammar Highlight Each Day



De'vID:
> 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"!)

pagh:
>TKD doesn't mention using <-Du'> on things like table legs, but KGT does. It
>mentions a specific type of pot with elbow shaped handles, which are
>referred to as <DeSqIvDu'>. It's in the section on cooking and cooking
>equipment. I can't say whether this applies to <raS 'uS> (if <raS> even have
><'uS>) or in general, but perhaps Voragh can.

KGT acknowledges the odd usage, but doesn't quite manage to settle the
question of whether it's an exception or a common feature.  It says
"...{-Du'}...is used here even though the handles are not literally body
parts."  I can't tell from that whether "here" is specific to the {nevDagh}
pot's {DeSqIvDu'}, or generally applicable to body-part-like things on
nonliving objects.

-- ghunchu'wI' 'utlh




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