[Tlhingan-hol] Type 5 on first noun

[qov at kli.org]

Picture a knife.  It has an attached handle. Picture a finger. It runs
gentle along the length of the handle, stops, and then goes back and does it
again. That's what it's supposed to mean. 

Does {tajDaq ret'aq vIyach} describe this? If not, how would you describe
it?

> {tajDaq ret'aq vIyach} depends. If it's supposed to mean "I stroke the
handle;
> the stroking happens on the knife," then it's fine. If it's supposed to
mean "I
> stroke the handle, which is on the knife" then it doesn't say what it's
> supposed to mean. As usual with the latter, it could simply be said as
{taj
> ret'aq vIyach} and it'd be uncontroversial.