Am 06.11.2019 um 15:36 schrieb Steven Boozer:
yopwaH bID shorts (pants) (TNK) paH bID skirt (TNK) DIr paH bID kilt-like garment (qepHom 2015)
add to that moQbID - "dome" (TLP)
Hmm… {[...] while {bID} does both!
From the very few given examples, it is possible to interpret that when {bID} precedes something, it means "half of something" (bID choQ) while it follows a word when it modifies it without being literally dividing it into a half. None of the mentioned clothing are really "half": {yopwaH bID} are still pants, and a {paH bID} still is a {paH}. The {bID choQ} referred to on the other is really only half a choQ. Yes, it still is a choQ as well, but as compared to the others, it is only half, and not {naQ}. While I wrote this, I added moQbID, and thought it may contradict what I just said, but there still may be the difference I mentioned: {bID moQ} is a sphere that has been cut in half. {moQbID} otoh is a dome, it has not been cut in half. All of that, of course, as usual, is just theory until Maltz clarifies. -- Lieven L. Litaer aka the "Klingon Teacher from Germany" http://www.klingonisch.de http://www.klingonwiki.net/En/StarTrekDiscovery