[Tlhingan-hol] {qoSta'} clarified

[De'vID]

> > It was just literally electricity container.. However
> > thinking about it and
> > what was said about {HoS Hal} "power supply" from SkyBox S14.
> > maybe 'ul
> > 'aplo' refers to a battery in general but specifically one on
> > a shelf an
> > unattached battery not giving power but just containing it.
> > So that when
> > connected it is still an 'ul 'aplo' but then also becomes HoS Hal..
>
> Not all power sources are batteries.

Indeed, not all "batteries" are even batteries, according to some pedantic
electrical engineers. They are single electrical cells. They don't become
batteries until you connect more than one together.

It's not apparent to me that {HoS Hal} is anything more than the word {HoS}
followed by the word {Hal}, in the SkyBox card sentence, rather than a
specialised term referring to a specific type of thing. (Aside: Klingon
Monopoly has {HoSHal}, one word, for the "utility companies".) Also, we
don't know that {nISwI' beH} are powered by electricity. Perhaps the {HoS
Hal} is an {'otlh 'aplo'} or a {rugh 'aplo'}.

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