[Tlhingan-hol] Usage of {HuS}

[Philip Newton]

On Sat, Nov 26, 2011 at 17:50, ghunchu'wI' 'utlh <qunchuy at alcaco.net> wrote:
> 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.

I see; thanks.

>> 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}.

Very true. That's more or less what I had expected.

>> 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 was rather wondering whether it *could* be used for execution, or
only for, well, "regular" hanging stuff somewhere.

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

"The man hangs"? I suppose so.

Thanks!

Cheers,
Philip
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Philip Newton <philip.newton at gmail.com>