[Tlhingan-hol] Usage of {HuS}

[ghunchu'wI' 'utlh]

On Nov 26, 2011, at 10:25 AM, Philip Newton <philip.newton at gmail.com>  
wrote:

> Has {HuS} "hang" been used in canon?

I don't believe it has. I've been watching.

> Is it intransitive ("the sword is hanging on the wall"), transitive
> ("the warrior hangs his sword on the wall"), or both?

I would prefer the "be suspended" meaning. It's easy to get the other  
one by adding {-moH}.

> Does it mean "kill by suspending" (as in "the man was hanged"), simply
> "suspend" (as in "the stockings were hung from the chimney with
> care"), or either?

I wouldn't expect it to be limited to execution.

> I'm wondering whether "hangman" is {nuv HuSmeH Quj}, {nuv HuSmoHmeH
> Quj}, or something along those lines....

{HuS nuv} seems reasonable to me. Whatever the verb means, I think it  
works.

-- ghunchu'wI'