[Tlhingan-hol] New Canon - King John Shakespeare

[ghunchu'wI']

On Mar 21, 2012, at 9:25 AM, Steven Boozer <sboozer at uchicago.edu> wrote:

> We have two new examples from "TalkNow! Klingon":
> 
>  yopwaH bID   shorts (pants) 
>  paH bID        skirt 
> 
> Note that {bID} follows the nouns: e.g. a half-gown", which is a type of dress.  (BTW {paH} is translated "dress" elsewhere in TNK).  Presumably {bID paH} would be "half of a dress" (e.g. a normal sized dress ripped in two, say in a struggle or fit of anger).

I think you have it backwards. A skirt IS half of a dress: the bottom half. I believe {bID paH} would imply something else entirely. 

-- ghunchu'wI'