[tlhIngan Hol] Klingon Word of the Day: De' QulwI'

[mayqel qunenoS]

{paq nojwI' tum} is public library. but how could we specify/describe a
private library ?

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On 29 Dec 2016 9:17 pm, "Steven Boozer" <sboozer at uchicago.edu> wrote:

> Okrand made a point of distinguishing the actual building a few times at
> qepHom 2016:
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> landmark                                 Daq noy (not a building)
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> landmark                                 qach noy (building)
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> monument, memorial              van Hew (sculpture)
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> monument, memorial              van qach (building)
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> postal service                          QIn tum
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> post office (building)                QIn tum qach
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> planetarium                             logh chal je 'angweD
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> planetarium (building)             logh chal je 'angweD qach
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> … and from elsewhere we know of:
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> tower                                       chalqach
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> house                                      juH qach
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> hospital                                    ropyaH qach
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> theater (i.e. building)               much qach
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> --Voragh
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> P.S. {'angweD}  “museum” (n)
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> *On Behalf Of *Terrence Donnelly
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> Speaking as a librarian, I was thrilled to see that these terms exist; I
> missed them initially, somehow.
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> To me, the {paq nojwI' qach} is the literal building housing the books and
> the staff, while the {tum} refers to the entity more abstractly. If you
> said, "I'll check the Library and see if they have that" and you used your
> phone app or the on-line catalog, it would be the {tum} you are accessing,
> but not the {qach}. If you are talking about visiting the library, I don't
> see much difference. I also don't see how {tum} implies "public", but
> that's how it's glossed, so be it.
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> BTW, I would qualify {De' QulwI'} as not just "librarian", but
> specifically "research librarian". In fact, as the term stands, it could
> refer to anyone in the data analysis or research field. {paq nojwI'} is
> much more appropriate for what I do all day.
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> ter'eS
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> ------------------------------
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> *From:* "Michael Roney, Jr." <nahqun at gmail.com>
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> On Thu, Dec 29, 2016 at 9:30 AM, Steven Boozer <sboozer at uchicago.edu>
> wrote:
> > Also from qepHom 2016:
> >
> >   paq nojwI' qach         library (building) (n)
> >   paq nojwI' tum                     library (public) (n)
> >
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> Do we know what the difference between libraries is?
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