[tlhIngan Hol] lawn mower

[Elizabeth Lawrence]

On Wed, Jul 27, 2016 at 10:32 AM, SuStel <sustel at trimboli.name> wrote:

> On 7/27/2016 10:24 AM, Ed Bailey wrote:
>
> jatlh Rhona Fenwick:
>
> I don't see anything wrong with saying someone {qIvDu'Daj weqtaH} "is
> drumming on their knees with their palms".
>
> jang SuStel:
>
> In that case, your knees are a percussion instrument. You haven't deviated
> from the disambiguator at all--
>
> This first of all assumes the purpose of drumming on knees is to make
> music, and second, we don't know Klingons would consider a body part so
> used to be instrument. When the voice is spoken of as an instrument, it
> bends the usage for effect. But even if the knee slapping is to express
> amusement, it's understandably similar to playing a drum.
>
>
> *weq* doesn't mean *hit an object which just happens to be a percussion
> instrument, whether or not the hitting is intended to make music.* If a
> car were to ram into a drum, that would not be *weq,* but it certainly
> would be a kind of hit.
>
> If you're rhythmically slapping your knees, or even just once when timed
> for audible effect, that's *weq.* If you just happen to hit your knees
> once at random, that's not *weq.*
>
>
> SuStel, I believe you are making your argument for us.  You are clearly
explaining <<weq>> as "hitting (something) in the manner in which one hits
a drum."  We are arguing that <<chIp>> means "cutting or trimming
(something) in the manner in which one cuts or trims hair."

be''etlh
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