[Tlhingan-hol] {qoSta'} clarified

[Steven Boozer]

De'vID:
>>> ...{'aplo'} {vey} je DIyajchu'meH 'eb Dajonpu''a' je?

ghunchu'wI':
>> mu'meyvam vIyaj jIH. bIHmo' DumISmoH nuq?

De'vID:
>>> chay' rurchuq 'aplo' ngaSwI' je? chay' pIm? ngaSwI'
>>> Segh 'oHlaw' 'aplo''e'.

QeS:
> I don't think that {'aplo'} is really a subset of {ngaSwI'}.
> Like {qoSta'}, the impression I have of {'aplo'} is that it's
> more about form than function. I have it glossed in my head
> as "rectangular prism", or more simply "box". The contents of
> {'ul 'aplo'mey} "batteries" and {wab qoSta' 'aplo'} "cassette"
> have nothing in common, so I doubt very much that that's the
> relevant feature linking them together.

Rectangular prism?  Box?  Are batteries usually rectangular Down Under?  I tend to think of them as cylindrical. <g>  

I thought the consensus was that {'aplo'} was a closed/sealed container, i.e. a container that can't (or shouldn't) be opened or used as a module, like a battery, cassete tape, etc.  (Though how this would be different from a {bobcho'} "module" is unknown.  I don't supposed they're mentioned in the paq'batlh?)

What did the picture of {'ul 'aplo'mey} in TalkNow! look like?  IIRC wasn't it listed along with {mIllogh qonwI'} "camera" and {mIllogh qonwI' qoSta'} "film"?


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