About using words with extended ranges, there are English examples:- "For a kickoff" for "for a start" used where football is not involved. (British usage) "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. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Falconry Usage could easily extend from the start of an opera to the starts of other things. ----Original message----
From : sustel@trimboli.name Date : 16/01/2017 - 15:16 (GMTST) To : tlhingan-hol@lists.kli.org Subject : Re: [tlhIngan Hol] <<poSayDon>> vImughlI'
On 1/16/2017 2:03 AM, Felix Malmenbeck wrote:
wa'DIch would have been better. A bI'reS is the beginning of some artistic performance, not a job.
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. .......