tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Thu Feb 12 12:51:06 1998
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Re: poH'a'
- From: "Robyn Stewart" <[email protected]>
- Subject: Re: poH'a'
- Date: Thu, 12 Feb 1998 12:50:55 PST
- Organization: NLK Consultants, Inc.
- Priority: normal
- Return-receipt-to: "Robyn Stewart" <[email protected]>
batlh jatlh SuStel
>{tIn} means "big," but not "lengthy (time)." {tIn} refers to
>physical size. That's {nI'}. The correct translation of "a lot of
>time" is {poH nI'}.
Suqarba' SoH ghunchu'wI' je. rut jIQong.
>I also have little problem with {poH'a'}, in fact. It's possible it
>refers to a more grandiose or better period of time than {poH}, or
>it could mean a longer period of time. I don't think it means what
>you say, "something greater than time." A Golden Age, for instance,
>might be referred to as {poH'a'}
majQa'. pup. poH'a' vIngu'meH loQ jIQubta' 'ach vItlhojbe'pu'.