qa'rI'

end (of a long bounded space, e.g. corridor, conduit, road, bridge, field etc.)

Part of speech

noun

Pronunciation

qʰɑʔrɪʔ

Sound out qa'rI' letter by letter:

• qqʰk far back in the throat, aspirated
• aɑa as in 'father'
• 'ʔglottal stop, the catch in 'uh-oh'
• rrlightly trilled or rolled r
• Iɪi as in 'bit'
• 'ʔglottal stop, the catch in 'uh-oh'

• For the end of a longish enclosed space that one is typically inside or experiences from the inside, such as a corridor, tunnel, or conduit (say, Jefferies tube or a branch of the sewers of Paris), a different word is used: qa'rI'. [...] it's used for both (or all) ends. [...] qa'rI' is also used for the end of bounded space which is seen as having length even if it is not enclosed space. Thus, it is used for the end of a road, the end of a bridge, the end of a long field. (Maltz didn't think it would mean much of anything to refer to the qa'rI' of a square field.) [HolQeD-12-2 pp.7--8]

• DIn — entryway (to a tunnel, conduit, etc.; not a door)
• lojmIt — door, gate
• ghang — prematurely end (an event, e.g. a voyage, battle, song)
• megh'an — end (of stick, piece of string etc.; opposite 'er'In)
• natlIS — last entry in list, end of list
• van — end (an event, e.g. a voyage, battle, song)
• 'er'In — end (of stick, piece of string etc.; opposite megh'an)
• 'o'megh — end (of song)

HolQeD-12-2 pp.7--8 · TDNW

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