tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Thu Jul 27 10:27:00 1995
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Re: }}} Paintball Terms
- From: "Elizabeth C. Hoyt" <[email protected]>
- Subject: Re: }}} Paintball Terms
- Date: Thu, 27 Jul 1995 10:27:00 -0400 (EDT)
ghItlh Soqra'tIS:
> ghItlh theghmeQ:
> >I just looked (rather quickly) through TKD, and the only word for a
> >projectile I can find is {peng} (torpedo). Perhaps the word for the
> >paintball itself could be {pengHomHey} with the plural being
> >{pengHommeyHey} (I just wanted to practice my suffix ordering.)
> Well, I was thinking more along the lines of a {moQHom} for the pellet and
> I like Riku's rendering of {'IwHey} for the liquid inside the {moQHom}
> (because it IS supposed to be a simmulation of blood splots to mark where
> you are hit). Now I just gotta figure out if the N-N construction for
> "paint ball" (as in the pellet) is a {moQHom 'IwHey} or a {'IwHey moQHom}.
Yes, {moQHom} is definetly better than {qengHomHey}. It's more
descriptive and less of a tounge-twister.
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Peace and Long Life 'ej Qapla'
Liz (tlheghmeQ joq)