tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Mon Feb 16 19:51:41 1998
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Doubts in some words
- From: TPO <[email protected]>
- Subject: Doubts in some words
- Date: Mon, 16 Feb 1998 22:52:28 -0500
>'oy' - be sore /// rIQ - be injured
If I hit you, you ['oy']. If I break your arm, you are [rIQ] (and probably
'oy' also)
>jum - be odd /// Huj - be strange
odd: weird, bizarre, goofy
strange: unknown, unfamiliar
>ngoj - be restless /// boH - be impatient
when impatient you're pretty much restless because you're waiting for
something. When you're just restless, you're not necessarily waiting for
something.
>non - be rotten /// Doy - be tired
rotten: food that has been left out for too long, it's no good, it's become
brown or fuzzy.
tired: sleepy; you need to go to bed
>yon - be satisfied /// puQ - be fed up
satisfied: you're happy about it. You have a craftsman make you something,
the product looks good, you are satisfied with the product, you'll buy it.
fed up: someone is doing something you don't like and it bothers you. they
keep doing it, and doing it, till you can't take it any more. you're angry.
you are "fed up" with his nonsense.
>mIgh - be evil /// joch - be harmful /// naS - be vicious
carbon monoxide is harmful if you try breathing it, but it is not evil or
vicious.
>Hab - be smooth /// tun - be soft
the top of a table is smooth but not soft.
a sponge is soft but not smooth
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