tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Fri Apr 10 19:42:55 1998
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Re: KLBC: "bicycle pump"
- From: TPO <[email protected]>
- Subject: Re: KLBC: "bicycle pump"
- Date: Fri, 10 Apr 1998 22:43:02 -0400
>}>chay' "bicycle pump" mughlu'? :-)
>}
>}latlh DaqaD 'e' vISov, 'ach 'e' vImugh vInID.
>}leng HabmoHwI' trip smoother?
>}naQmoH gho circle filler upper?
>
>"The circle makes whole"
>
>You'd want {gho naQmoHwI'} to express "thing that makes a circle whole," but
>as I'm sure you realize, no one would every figure out we were talking about
>a tire pump without a lot more explanation.
>
>It's a hard one. I'd probably use something like {*bicycle* SIp raDwI'} or
>maybe {SIp ghoDwI'}. jIngor 'e' vISov.
How would you say this in english if we didn't have the english words:
bicycle, pump, and tire?
Hmmm...
DloraH