About using words with extended ranges, there are English examples:-<br><br>"For a kickoff" for "for a start" used where football is not involved. (British usage)<br><br>"Under my thumb" and "wrapped around my little finger" started in falconry and referred to the route of a hawk's leash when it is sitting on my fist.<br><br><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Falconry">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Falconry</a><br><br>Usage could easily extend from the start of an opera to the starts of other things.<br><blockquote style="margin-right: 0px; margin-left:15px;">----Original message----<br>From : sustel@trimboli.name<br>Date : 16/01/2017 - 15:16 (GMTST)<br>To : tlhingan-hol@lists.kli.org<br>Subject : Re: [tlhIngan Hol] <<poSayDon>> vImughlI'<br><br>
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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 1/16/2017 2:03 AM, Felix Malmenbeck
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<p>><span style="background-color:white;"> <b>wa'DIch</b>
would have been better. A
<b>bI'reS</b> is the beginning of some artistic
performance, not a job.<br>
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<p><span style="background-color:white;">While I don't necessarily
disagree with you, paq'batlh (paq'raD, Canto 14, Stanza 6)
does give a precedent for using bI'reS as a timestamp.<br>
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