Am 02.09.2018 um 17:00 schrieb De'vID:
The painting-{DIj} is clearly the same verb as the bat'leth-{DIj}. What would you {DIj} with a bat'leth? Presumably the opponent's sword.
Maybe yes, maybe no. It's certainly an interesting discussion. KGT only says that "To slide the blade of one’s <bat’leth> along the blade of the opponent’s weapon is {DIj}." So -- just like with all the other sword words -- it's not clear what the object is. Do I say {betleH vIDIj} or {jIDIjmeH betleH vIlo'}? When you rotate the beleH, then it's {jIrmoH}, so here it's clear that the bat'leth is the object of the verb, but this does not say anything about the other verbs. [note to Voragh: do we have any examples for hte sword action verbs?]
that case, I'd think the object of painting-{DIj} is the surface you're scraping your pigment stick on
I liked the comparison to the word ghItlh that does not write the paper, it writes the words. It's still possble there's a specific word for "make a drawing." -- We'll see. -- Lieven L. Litaer aka the "Klingon Teacher from Germany" http://www.klingonisch.de http://www.klingonwiki.net/En/TheLittlePrince