[Tlhingan-hol] Eurotalk - New Words - Shopping

[Felix Malmenbeck]

I get the feeling the space in cha''etlh was left out on purpose, but that's just a hunch.
If it is meant to be that way, and there really is such a root word, it may indicate that there are similar tools/weapons on Qo'noS, and not just something they made up for the EuroTalk DVD.

> BTW, this one is a good example showing that the creator of Klingon is
> an english speaker. Not every language (e.g. German) does see the
> scissors as a pair. scissors is plural, because it has two blades.
> French does the same: les ciseaux. In german, it's singular: eine Schere.

The case is similar in Swedish:
a pair of scissors = en sax
two pairs of scissors = två saxar

However, if you were to tell somebody "en sax har två blad" ("a pair of scissors has two bladed"), I doubt anyone would complain.