[Tlhingan-hol] Eurotalk - New Words - Shopping

[David Trimboli]

On 11/2/2011 5:01 PM, ghunchu'wI' 'utlh wrote:
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> On Wed, Nov 2, 2011 at 4:20 PM, David Trimboli<david at trimboli.name>  wrote:
>> The two new Klingon words seem to be quite useful. Here's my take on them:
>>
>> qoSta' - strip, tape (not necessarily sticky) (n)
>
> I was thinking along the lines of function rather than of form,
> something like "recording medium".

Might be. No way to tell at this stage, really.

>> 'aplo' - container (n)
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> I wouldn't use {'aplo'} for many things that would be a "container" in
> English. Perhaps "case" comes closer to what I'm thinking, though that
> word too has too wide a meaning.

Yes, "case" is also applicable. It doesn't seem to be a container like a 
jug; I would say it completely encloses something that functions inside 
the enclosure. You don't take it out. "Container, case, enclosure (n)."

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