You're right indeed that {chu'} can mean both "play an instrument" and "activate a device". So it can probably be used to play any whistle, no matter how it's activated. The questions I quote blow were more focussing on the verb {SuS} which is used to play a wind instrument. Since {SuS} means "blow into" in this context, it surely cannot be used for a tachnically activated "whistle/horn". Since {chu'} has two meanings, I think your question is redundant, as the double meaning covers both answers. But maybe I misunderstand. Lieven. Am 17.12.2023 um 12:30 schrieb De'vID via tlhIngan-Hol:
On Fri, Dec 15, 2023 at 7:33 AM Lieven L. Litaer via tlhIngan-Hol <tlhingan-hol@lists.kli.org <mailto:tlhingan-hol@lists.kli.org>> wrote:
- These ship- or factory-type whistles cannot be "played" by a person. They're powered by some sort of energy (steam, electricity, whatever).
The verb for playing an instrument is {chu'}...
- The verb to activate a wall-mounted device is {chu'} (not {SuS}).
... but the verb for activating a device is also {chu'}.
So is the verb to use for playing a ship's whistle using the switch or whatever that activates it, which is mounted on a panel or wall or whatever, {chu'} or not?
-- De'vID
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