tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Wed Jul 31 04:11:52 2013
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Re: [Tlhingan-hol] {qoSta'} clarified
> De'vID:
>>>> chay' rurchuq 'aplo' ngaSwI' je? chay' pIm? ngaSwI'
>>>> Segh 'oHlaw' 'aplo''e'.
>
> QeS:
>> I don't think that {'aplo'} is really a subset of {ngaSwI'}.
>> Like {qoSta'}, the impression I have of {'aplo'} is that it's
>> more about form than function. I have it glossed in my head
>> as "rectangular prism", or more simply "box". The contents of
>> {'ul 'aplo'mey} "batteries" and {wab qoSta' 'aplo'} "cassette"
>> have nothing in common, so I doubt very much that that's the
>> relevant feature linking them together.
Voragh:
> Rectangular prism? Box? Are batteries usually rectangular Down Under? I tend to think of them as cylindrical. <g>
>
> I thought the consensus was that {'aplo'} was a closed/sealed container, i.e. a container that can't (or shouldn't) be opened or used as a module, like a battery, cassete tape, etc.
Klingon Monopoly ngaSwI'Daq "Contents" mughlu'meH, {ngaS 'aplo'}
lo'lu'pu'. vaj ngaQnIStaHbe' 'aplo'.
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