tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Thu Sep 16 05:04:25 2004
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Re: lo' law'
- From: "QeS lagh" <[email protected]>
- Subject: Re: lo' law'
- Date: Thu, 16 Sep 2004 22:01:21 +1000
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ret pIj QInmey vIlabbe'pu'; 'ach DaH vIlabqa' vItaghqa'moH. {{:) Ubykh Hol
vIHaDqu'laHmeH jIDachpu'. vaj chaq Qaghmey vIta'... Ubykh Hol pab vIpab
vIneH. <g>
Sorry I've been absent over the past weeks; I was focusing on Ubykh for a
while. So bear with me if I err, because I keep wanting to slip back into
Ubykh grammar. :)
tlhob Quvar:
>lo' law' n. utility (preceeds noun it modifies)
>a) what does it mean?
>b) how do I use that?
wa': {nuq 'oS}
jIQIj: lo' law' ghaj lo' law' Doch. {{:) mu' DeltaHvIS DIvI' Hol jatlhwI',
jatlh:
"Designed for various often heavy-duty practical uses: a utility knife; a
utility vehicle."
(http://dictionary.reference.com/search?r=2&q=utility)
cha': {chay' lo'lu'}
DIp-DIp mu'tlheghHom yIchenmoH. wa' DIp wa' DIp DelmeH wot'e' je 'oS {lo'
law'}; DIp-DIp mu'tlheghHomDaq lo'la'bej.
AFAIK, it can be used as part of a normal noun-noun construction. It's an
adjectival verb and a noun (literally "many uses"), so can be used in a
construction like {lo' law' taj} "knife-of-many-uses, Swiss Army knife" (in
the metaphorical sense).
Savan.
QeS lagh
not nItoj Hemey ngo' juppu' qan je
(Old roads and old friends will never deceive you)
- Ubykh Hol vIttlhegh
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