tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Thu Nov 03 07:56:50 2011
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Re: [Tlhingan-hol] Eurotalk - New Words - Shopping
>>> comb - jIb Ho'Du'
Qov:
>> This makes me sad because I like to have the extra clarity of using
>> -mey when using a body part name to describe a non body part and it
>> looks like I'm wrong.
qe'San:
> Possibly as this is a descriptive usage it's the way to go and as -mey
> on body parts implies all over the place you wouldn't want someone to
> think you wanted to decorate your hair with teeth you'd knocked out of
> an enemy ;-)
Note Okrand's comment on {nevDagh} "type of pot with handles (used for food preparation)" in KGT:
KGT 97: The smaller {nevDagh} is characterized by its V-shaped handles, termed {DeSqIvDu'} ("elbows"; note the {-Du'}, the plural suffix for body parts is used here even though the handles are not literally body parts).
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Voragh
Ca'Non Master of the Klingons
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