[Tlhingan-hol] how to use {nej}?

[Qov]

On a related topic, I came to the chapter in my story where a 
character gets searched by a security guard on the very same day that 
I was searched at a TSA checkpoint. I promise the story was planned 
for longer than the vacation. (Yeah, welcome to my life).

nej is to search for something, so I rejected {vInejlu'} and {munej Hung yaS}.

I used constructions like {jIHDaq nuHmey nej Hung} and {porghwIjDaq 
nejqu' yaS}, but I'm okay with {nejwI'} and {nejwI' jan}. I think I 
used {woj nejwI'} in a recent posting, which could probably be better 
interpreted as a Geiger counter, but I expect in context it was 
understood as shorthand for a {woj lo'bogh nuH nejwI'}.

I used to be very careful with -Daq always being an extremely 
physical location, but I keep being reminded of canon that doesn't, 
so I've become a little freer with it. Remember that TKD was written 
to rein in those who would translate ANY locative English pronoun with -Daq.

wa' Dol nIvDaq matay'DI' maQap

At 08:21 27/11/2011, De'vID jonpIn wrote:
>
>ghItlhpu' De'vID, jatlh:
> > How would I say, "Search for the targ in the forest", or "Search for
> > the record in the data banks"?  I presume the thing being searched for
> > ({targh}, {ta}) is the object of {nej}, but how do I indicate the
> > parameters of/restrictions on the search ({ngem}, {qawHaq})?
>
>
>QeS 'utlh::
>Do you have a specific issue with {ngemDaq targh yInej} or {qawHaqDaq
>ta yInej}?
>
>
>I have no problem accepting {ngemDaq targh yInej}, but I wasn't sure 
>about {qawHaqDaq}, or things like {tetlhDaq}, {memDaq}, {tameyDaq}, 
>etc.  If the parameters of the search is not a physical location, is 
>{-Daq} still the right suffix to use?
>
>Also, what if I want to leave the search target unspecified?  e.g., 
>"Search (in) the forest", "Search (in) the data banks"?
>
>Actually, "Search (the) database" was the idea I originally wanted 
>to express, and I first wrote down {qawHaqDaq nej}, but then it 
>seemed wrong to me when I looked at it.
>
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