On 11 October 2017 at 18:10, SuStel <sustel@trimboli.name> wrote:

On 10/11/2017 11:56 AM, Lieven wrote:

Am 11.10.2017 um 17:50 schrieb SuStel:

but here we're not expected to think of this as /many (different) electricities./ I don't think *Do law'* would automatically mean /many (different) velocities/ just by that logical alone.

I don't have canon examples at hand, but I'm sure that {law'} is not only "many" but also "much" (bIQ law' - "a lot of water", not "many waters"). So with noncountable things like {'ul law'} I don't read it as "many electricities", but "much electricity".

I looked a bit for law' on uncountable nouns, but 'ul was the only one I found.

I don't see how you distinguish between 'ul being uncountable and Do being countable.

I also think the definition lends {vItlh} to being used with a measurement itself, where {law'} is more general. And I do see a difference between {'ul} and {Do}. The former can't be assigned a single number and can be measured in different ways. For example, {law' 'ul}, but {vItlh voltage} or {vItlh current}. Similarly, {law' movement} but {vItlh Do}.

If I said {law' Dujmey}, I'm talking about many ships. If I said {vItlh Dujmey}, what aspect of the ship am I talking about? I'd need to say {vItlh Dujmey mI'} or {vItlh Dujmey cheb} or something like that.

De'vID