<div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><br></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="m_-2189571696116764733gmail_attr">On Tue, 22 Jan 2019 at 12:50, De'vID <<a href="mailto:de.vid.jonpin@gmail.com" target="_blank">de.vid.jonpin@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr">He also revealed a verb to use with it. <br></div><div class="gmail_quote"><div><br></div><div>{mey} v. match, fit onto, interlock with, interlace with, mesh with</div><div><br></div><div>--- begin quote ---</div><div>{qoch} is not the word for "partner" when referring to socks and gloves and the like. The word for that is {nelwI'}. With {nel}, the subject is one sock (or glove or shoe or whatever) of the pair and the object is the other. To talk about a sock (or glove or….) matching (that is fitting onto) a foot (or hand or…), use the verb {mey}:</div><div><br></div><div> {mumey waqmeywIj} "my shoes fit" (literally, "my shoes fit me")</div><div><br></div><div> {torgh lumey waqmey} "the shoes fit Torg"</div><div><br></div><div> {waqmeywIj vImey} "I fit my shoes" </div><div>--- end quote --- <br></div><div><br></div><div>More clarification about the difference between {mey} and {nel}:</div><div><br></div><div>--- begin quote ---</div><div>When a piece of a jigsaw puzzle fits into the right spot, you can say:</div><div><br></div><div> {Qay'mol mey (Qay'mol) teSra'} "the (puzzle) piece fits (into) the puzzle" (In this context, you don't have to repeat {Qay'mol}, but it's fine if you do.)</div><div><br></div><div> or</div><div><br></div><div> {nelchu' Qay'mol teSra'} "the puzzle piece fits perfectly"</div><div><br></div><div>The first focuses on the interlocking of the pieces; the second focuses on the piece in question occupying the identically shaped space where it goes.</div><div>--- end quote --- </div></div></div></div></div></div></div>
</blockquote></div><div><br></div><div>One more addition I just received from Maltz. No additional info, just a clarification in case it was needed.</div><div><br></div><div>--- begin quote ---<br></div><div>If X and Y fit together properly, you can say {X mey Y} or {mey'chuq X Y je}.</div><div><div>--- end quote --- </div></div><div><br></div>-- <br><div dir="ltr" class="m_-2189571696116764733gmail_signature">De'vID</div></div></div></div></div>