27 Jul
2016
27 Jul
'16
7 a.m.
On 27 July 2016 at 12:57, Lieven <levinius@gmx.de> wrote:
Am 27.07.2016 um 08:06 schrieb Rhona Fenwick:
The verb {chIp} does not mean "cut hair, trim hair"; it means "cut, trim". [...]
This discussion made me think about the words again, and I noticed the difference between cut and trim, at least in Klingon. Remember the phrase {qatlh pe''eghlu'}? It denotes the idea that {pe'} means cut, but does not always mean that something is cut in two pieces. (although we have the pe'meH taj, which can separate things). The other word chIp has the addition "hair" as an example that you do separate something.
BTW, listen to the sound of scissors cutting hair: "chip-chip" :-)
But OTOH the canonical word for "scissors" is {cha''etlh pe'wI'}. -- De'vID