tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Wed Feb 01 18:07:08 1995
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Re: what is {bom}?
- From: "William H. Martin" <[email protected]>
- Subject: Re: what is {bom}?
- Date: Wed, 1 Feb 95 21:07:05 EST
- In-Reply-To: <[email protected]>; from "Alan Anderson" at Feb 1, 95 7:50 am
According to Alan Anderson:
>
> I don't see {bom} in TKD, so either there's a third edition I've not seen
> or it's one of those words from the audiotapes that many of us will never
> see in canon. From context, I assume:
> {bom} = (n) song, poem, something like that
> {bom} = (v) sing, chant, something like that
In HolQeD, vol 2, no 4, in an article entitled "Okrand's
Notes", bom is listed as both "sing" (one presumes this is a
verb, though Okrand didn't say one way or another) and "song"
(one presumes this is a noun, though again, Okrand didn't say).
The direct quote is "'sing' is bom. But a better translation
might be 'chang'." Also, "And the noun 'chant' might likewise
be somewhat closer to the mark as a translation."
> Whatever {bom} means, you have a fine one, David.
I agree.
> -- ghunchu'wI'
charghwI'
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