To add another data point: I have a party book from 1917, and it advises people to hold outdoor parties on a freshly-shaved lawn. So not even the English is perfectly consistent over time. ter'eS From: Rhona Fenwick <qeslagh@hotmail.com> To: "tlhingan-hol@kli.org" <tlhingan-hol@kli.org> Sent: Wednesday, July 27, 2016 1:06 AM Subject: Re: [tlhIngan Hol] lawn mower #yiv6864050076 #yiv6864050076 -- P {margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;}#yiv6864050076 For that reason, I think {magh chIpwI'} is better for "lawn mower". (There's another, completely subjective reason. I grew up watching my uncle cut turf, which involves not trimming the grass, but cutting out entire sections of a mat of grass, with sod still attached. The machine that does that, I would immediately describe as a {magh pe'wI'}, and describing a lawn mower with the same term feels just incorrect.) QeS 'utlh _______________________________________________ tlhIngan-Hol mailing list tlhIngan-Hol@lists.kli.org http://lists.kli.org/listinfo.cgi/tlhingan-hol-kli.org