[Tlhingan-hol] {qoSta'} clarified
Steven Boozer
sboozer at uchicago.edu
Wed Jul 31 12:49:13 PDT 2013
Voragh:
>> So you're saying that {'aplo'} is the actual word for "container" -
>> instead of the theoretical nomen agentis *{ngaSwI'} - or at least the
>> one in current use? {qegh} "vat, barrel", {'Ib} "tub", {bal} "jug,
>> jar, bottle", etc. would then be specialized types of {'aplo'mey}.
Jeremy:
> For myself, and based on nothing more than instinct, I have assumed that,
> like the other words listed above, an <'aplo'> is a subcategory of
> <ngaSwI'>. The particular <ngaSwI'> described as an <'aplo'> would be a
> container in the shape of a right-parallelepiped, more commonly called a
> rectangular box. I have not spent much time with Talk Now! Does anyone
> know the picture shown for <'ul 'aplo'mey>? Is it talking about something
> like car batteries, which are usually rectangular.
IIRC wasn't {'ul 'aplo'mey} listed in TalkNow! along with {mIllogh qonwI'} "camera" and {mIllogh qonwI' qoSta'} "film" ? Are modern camera batteries rectangular? (I've never owned a camera, digital or otherwise.)
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Voragh
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