<div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><br></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Sun, Jan 28, 2024 at 8:56 AM Lieven L. Litaer via tlhIngan-Hol <<a href="mailto:tlhingan-hol@lists.kli.org">tlhingan-hol@lists.kli.org</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">Hello -<br>
has it anywhere ever been explained, how words like {baS 'In} work<br>
grammtically ? Is it a classic noun-noun-construction as in chapter 3.4<br>
of TKD? If so, what would be a literal translation, I mean more literal<br>
than "metal bell" - would you read it as "a bell made of metal"? It is a<br>
genitive contruction? It can't be the "bell of the metal", can it?<br></blockquote><div><br></div><div>It seems like a fairly straightforward case of a noun-noun construction, with the first noun here {baS} "metal" being an attributive noun modifying the second noun {'In} "percussion instrument".</div><div><br></div><div>What could be more literal than "metal bell" (assuming {'In} is translated as "bell" rather than the more general "percussion instrument")? A "bell of metal" would also be an acceptable translation.</div><div><br></div><div>See:</div><div><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Noun_adjunct">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Noun_adjunct</a><br></div><div><br></div><div>For the analog in German:</div><div><a href="https://learngerman.dw.com/en/attributive-genitives/l-60814008/gr-61076479">https://learngerman.dw.com/en/attributive-genitives/l-60814008/gr-61076479</a><br></div><div> </div></div><span class="gmail_signature_prefix">-- </span><br><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature">De'vID</div></div>