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RE: Halloween / "Heghlu'wI' jaj" ?





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>From: 	Mark E. Shoulson[SMTP:[email protected]]
>Sent: 	Thursday, October 31, 1996 14:38
>To: 	Multiple recipients of list
>Subject: 	Re: Halloween /  "Heghlu'wI' jaj" ?
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>Leaving aside the fact that Hallowe'en is not the Day of the Dead...
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>You mean "HeghwI' jaj"?  That works.  "*Heghlu'wI'" doesn't make much
>sense.  -lu' means that the subject is unspecified, and -wI' means that the
>subject is the noun we're talking about.  Woops.  "HeghwI'" isn't bad,
>though "Heghpu'wI'" is perhaps better (those who have died).  There's also
>"lom"/corpse, which isn't quite what you mean.

Wouldn't  "HeghwI' ram" better capture the spirit (pardon the pun) of
HallowE'EN?

'etlhqengwI'
(vuDmeywIjvaD jIngoy' jiH'e')


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