On Wed, 27 Mar 2019 at 17:36, mayqel qunen'oS <mihkoun@gmail.com> wrote:
DIn (n) "open entryway (to corridor, tunnel, conduit, jeffries tube, branch of sewer)"
qa'rI' (n) "end (of corridor, tunnel, conduit, jeffries tube, sewer, road, bridge, long field, etc)"
Would you (yes *you*, you who are reading this), consider that DIn (n) is the opposite of qa'rI' (n) ?
Because, seemingly/apparently, DIn (n) has to do *only* with enclosed spaces, whereas qa'rI' (n) refers to open spaces as well.
The discussion split off into another thread, but to bring it back: the latest info answers your question. On Thu, 11 Apr 2019 at 22:43, Lieven L. Litaer <levinius@gmx.de> wrote:
I have received a clarification on this from Marc Okrand, and his answer even brought a new word:
----------------------------------------------------------------------- What I was driving at is that a {qa'rI'} at or from which one can enter or exit is a {DIn}. There may or may not be a (closed or open) door or gate there, but if there is, that door or gate is a {lojmIt}. That is, there's no special word just because it's a {qa'rI'} door.
(By the way, a doorframe or something similar — something constructed to hold a door or gate, whether the door/gate is there or not — is a {lIvqa'nan}.)
I hope this helps rather than cause more confusion.
- Marc
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So they're not opposites. A {DIn} is a type of {qa'rI'}, namely, one at or from which one can enter or exit. -- De'vID