tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Wed Nov 15 12:48:00 2000
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RE: Grammar Highlight Each Day
Hopefully, we will get an answer in the next HolQeD.
quljIb
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On Fri, 10 Nov 2000, Alan Anderson wrote:
> 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.