Indeed, another line from paq’batlh:

  pawDI' Hegh Duj DeghDaq Qam qotar
  When the Barge of the Dead came, Kotar stood at its helm (PB)

Voragh

From: Felix Malmenbeck
Sent: Monday, October 26, 2020 11:14 AM

An alternative to {pIn'a'} would be {DeghwI'} - "helmsman". In paq'batlh, for example, qotar is described as the DeghwI' of the Hegh Duj:

Daq SumHa'vo' wab Huj Qoylu'
qa' bIQ Dujvo' wab Huj Qoylu'
DeghwI' ghaH qotar'e'

//loghaD

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From: tlhIngan-Hol <tlhingan-hol-bounces@lists.kli.org> on behalf of SuStel <sustel@trimboli.name>
Sent: Monday, October 26, 2020 16:55
To: tlhingan-hol@lists.kli.org
Subject: Re: [tlhIngan Hol] don't pay the ferryman

On 10/26/2020 11:47 AM, mayqel qunen'oS wrote:

bom: don't pay the ferryman

QoQ ghom: twinball

"don't pay the ferryman, don't even fix a price, don't pay the ferryman until he gets you to the other side"

< bIQ Duj pIn'a' yIDIlQo', DIlmeH Huch poQbogh yIlajQo', bIQ Duj pIn'a' yIDIlQo', SoHvaD Dop Dop qengpu'pa' >

bomvam vImuSHa'.

I wonder if bIQ lupwI' pIn'a' might be better for ferryman. Transporting something or someone is integral to the meaning of ferry.

Instead of SoHvaD Dop Dop qengpu'pa', how about DuchIqmoHchu'pu'pa' before he has caused you to cross completely?

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