[Tlhingan-hol] I found a mistake in one of the new Klingon words

[André Müller]

I think it's not a mistake. We know that {DIr} can also refer to an
animal's hide, or a piece of cloth made out of a hide, {DIrmey} refers to
skins used for clothing. And in {QaDmoHwI' DIr} the first part doesn't
necessarily have to be the possessor, it can also be a modifier. So I'd
interprete the word, very literally translated, as a "dry-maker skin".
Perhaps this tells us that Klingon towels are indeed made of animal skin,
perhaps with the hairs still attached.

- André

2015-03-17 17:26 GMT+01:00 Anthony Appleyard <a.appleyard at btinternet.com>:

> http://www.speakklingon.info/about-klingon/new-klingon-words/Q/
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> says that* QaDmoHwI' DIr* is a noun meaning "towel". But the compound is
> in the wrong order, and means "the skin of that which makes (things) dry".
> "That which makes the skin dry" would be *DIr QaDmoHwI' *.
>
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