[Tlhingan-hol] Klingon Word of the Day: bal

[Felix Malmenbeck]

> {'Iw HIq bal} -- bloodwine bottle, IOW the type of bottle used for
> storing bloodwine
> {bal 'Iw HIq} -- bottle of bloodwine(?)

With noun-noun constructs, the formula always seems to be "A B" = "B pertaining to A".
So, a bottle of bloodwine would still be 'Iw HIq bal; otherwise, it'd be something like "bottled bloodwine" or "bloodwine for bottles".

If you want to specify that it's a bottle which simply happens to contain bloodwine, I suppose you could call it {'Iw HIq ngaStaHbogh bal'e'}.

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From: Gaerfindel [gaerfindel at hotmail.com]
Sent: Thursday, December 06, 2012 20:09
To: tlhingan-hol at stodi.digitalkingdom.org
Subject: Re: [Tlhingan-hol] Klingon Word of the Day: bal

On 12/6/2012 10:01 AM, qurgh lungqIj wrote:
> Klingon Word of the Day for Thursday, December 06, 2012
>
> Klingon word: bal
> Part of speech: noun
> Definition: jug, jar, bottle
> Source: KGT
Once again, the beginner goes out on a limb...

{'Iw HIq bal} -- bloodwine bottle, IOW the type of bottle used for
storing bloodwine
{bal 'Iw HIq} -- bottle of bloodwine(?)

{vaghmaH balmey 'Iw HIq ngaS qeghvam.} -- This keg/barrel contains 50
bottles (worth) of bloodwine.

Or should that be written {vaghmaH bal 'Iw HIqmey 'Iw HIq ngaS qeghvam},
treating {bal 'Iw HIq} as a single unit (of measure)?

~quljIb

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