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tu'mI'
[ tŹ°uŹ”mÉŖŹ” ]
Noun

English: sock (single)

German: Socke

Source: tlhIngan-Hol Mailing List - De'vID - Jan 22, 2019

Category: plant

KLCP Level: 3

Notes

paSlogh is an inherently plural noun, grammatically singular.ƂĀ  tu'mI' the word for one sock.ƂĀ  The usual way to say "pair of socks" is paSlogh chang'eng; tu'mI' chang'eng is odd, but if you said it, you'd be understood.

qoch is not the word for "partner" when referring to socks and gloves and the like.ƂĀ  The word for that is nelwI'.ƂĀ  With nel, the subject is one sock (or glove or shoe or whatever) of the pair and the object is the other.ƂĀ  To talk about a sock (or glove orĆ¢ā‚¬Ā¦.) matching (that is fitting onto) a foot (or hand orĆ¢ā‚¬Ā¦), use the verb mey:

ƂĀ  ƂĀ  ƂĀ  ƂĀ  mumey waqmeywIj "my shoes fit" (literally, "my shoes fit me")

ƂĀ  ƂĀ  ƂĀ  ƂĀ  torgh lumey waqmeyƂĀ  "the shoes fit Torg"

ƂĀ  ƂĀ  ƂĀ  ƂĀ  waqmeywIj vImeyƂĀ  "I fit my shoes"ƂĀ 

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