[Tlhingan-hol] Propellers and rotors

[Anthony Appleyard]

A literal translation of "propeller" would be {vo'wI'}, I suppose, but that could apply to any propulsor.

For "rotor", "that which spins" would be {DIngwI'}, but in machinery many things rotate -- if {DIng} means "rotate fast" rather than "make fibre into thread".

----Original message----
>From : qunchuy at alcaco.net
Date : 03/11/2015 - 14:57 (GMTST)
To : tlhingan-hol at kli.org
Subject : Re: [Tlhingan-hol] Propellers and rotors

On Tue, Nov 3, 2015 at 9:21 AM, Anthony Appleyard
<a.appleyard at btinternet.com> wrote:
> Is a specific word possible for a screw-type propeller (sea-ship or airplane) or helicopter rotor?

Which do you want to describe? Screw-type (for water) and "blade"-type
(for air) propellers are very different. Aircraft propellers and
helicopter rotors are essentially spinning wings.