Hello -
has it anywhere ever been explained, how words like {baS 'In} work
grammtically ? Is it a classic noun-noun-construction as in chapter 3.4
of TKD? If so, what would be a literal translation, I mean more literal
than "metal bell" - would you read it as "a bell made of metal"? It is a
genitive contruction? It can't be the "bell of the metal", can it?
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".
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.
See:
For the analog in German: