[tlhIngan Hol] rIjwI' for anchor ?

[nIqolay Q]

On Mon, Apr 8, 2019 at 8:48 AM Daniel Dadap <daniel at dadap.net> wrote:

> {jan} is also used for musical instruments, and at least on Earth, we have
> musical instruments that are as simple as pieces of wood for banging
> together. Even a simple instrument such as that, though, has some amount of
> design that goes into it for optimal function (type of wood, size and
> shape, etc.).
>
> An anchor could be as simple as a rock with a rope, but a good anchor will
> probably have some amount of design to increase its anchoring power
> compared to a generic lump with the same mass.
>
> I don’t know where Klingons draw the line between what is a {jan} and what
> is not, but I never felt like “sophistication” was one of the criteria for
> that.
>

Another data point: paq'batlh uses *wIjwI' jan* "farmer's device" to mean
"plow".
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