tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Fri Jan 09 19:21:06 1998
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Re: Unofficial words (Was: Re puqpu')
qaD peHruS:
>Meanwhile, I put onto my wish list, allowing you folks to submit ideas you can
>construct from pre-existing canon words:
Most of these are trivial, and a few are already in either TKD or KGT. I
suspect I don't know what you mean by some of them. Maybe you've got some
context in mind; without it, I'm not likely to express what you wanted.
--
>gills (n) - bIQ taghDu'.
>fins (n) - bIQDep ghamHey, bIQDep lolSeHcha
>be curved (sv) - SIH
>be straight (sv) - SIHbe'
>reflect (v) - ghoSHa'moH
>vibrate (v) - nom joqtaH, yu'eghmey tlhuD, yu'egh Da
>pressure (n/v) - yuv, 'uy
>wind up (v) - Huj, rInmoHlI'
>wind around (v) - I don't understand what this means in English.
{qat} perhaps?
>saw for cutting (n), saws (v) - peghwI', Ho'Du'Hey ghajbogh taj
>corner (n) - Dop jej
>sew (v); stitch (v); seam together (v) - tay'moHmeH SIrgh lo'
>current (n) - vIHtaHbogh bIQ
>pocket, pigeonhole, niche - DaqHom
>be slippery - char
>bead, droplet - I don't know what you mean by putting these two together.
>interval - poH
>flame - qul
>branch, twig, tributary - Pick one and I'll think about it.
>ashes - qul pugh
>sperm - This would take a paragraph to describe well.
>comb (n/v) - jIb ghIHHa'moHwI', jIb ghIHHa'moH
>dip into - loQ vay'Daq lan; lel
>towel, napkin - QaDmoHmeH nav
>chip, shard - chuvwI'Hom
>twist, wring - tap 'ej tlhe'moH
>arrange, arrangement (v/n) - nungmoH, tlham
>roll (v) - DIng, DIngmoH (depending on what you mean)
>bounce (v) - Context, please?
I can think of about four different things you might mean.
>hook (n/v) - baS nItlhHey, 'uchchoH, Suq
>reach for (I claim {SIch} means "reach to") - SIch 'e' nID
>be narrow - lang
>be wide - langHa'
>knob, dial, button - leQ, SeHlawHom, ruQwI'
>haze, mist (SeS ???) - SeSHey, SeS bIr
>cast, mould (v) - Hew chenmoH
>fasten (v) - rar, SoQmoH
>halo, corona - gho wov
>plough (v/n) - Du'vaD vum, Qargh chenmoH
>brew (v) - vut, bIQDaq Qenvob tujmoH
>degree (n) - Which of at least three different degrees do you mean?
>stain, mar, spot (v/n) - nguvmoH
>axis, spindle (n) - botlh
>axle (n) - DIngbogh gho botlh
>summit (n) - HuD nach, HuD Dung
>foot of mountain/cliff (n) - HuD HeH, qoj bIng
>chain (n) - mIr
>cement, mortar, caulk (n) - nagh tay'moHwI'
>be beyond - veb
>needle (n) - tajtIq machqu'
>scab (n) - reghpu'bogh DIr
>scar (n) - DIr QIDlu'pu'bogh
>seed (n) - naH 'ay' pochlu'bogh
>traverse, cross over (v) - vegh
>plasma (n) - 'Iw bIQ
>surface of anything other than a planet (n) - HeH, veH, Hur
>weave, spin (v) - Sut chenmoH, tlhegh chenmoH, SIrgh chenmoH
>include (v) - tlhejmoH
>be aslant (sv) - taH
>tip, point, end (n) - nItlhpach
>brush (v) - ngoH, Sach
>slide, glide (v) - vIH, nech
>root (n) - 'oQqar
>map (n) - He cha'wI'
>overhang (v) - qoj Dung
>adhere (v) - Hum
>scratch (v) - nan, loQ nan
>bridge, span (n) - Dung He
>ridges (anat) - Quch
>exceed (v) - nIv
>copy, transcribe (v) - ghItlhqa', qonqa'
>pulse (n) - tInchoHtaH 'ej machchoHtaH
>nucleus (n) - botlh
>dig, excavate, uncover (v) - lam nge', nagh nge'
>lining (n) - qoD
>molecule (n) - Hapvam mach law' Hoch mach puS
>beam, rafter (n) - tut SaS
>tractor beam - luHbogh HoS chem, jonbogh HoS chem
>stem (n) - tI ro
>frame, outline (n) - I don't know what you mean with these together.
>stalk (n) - tI ro
>curtain, membrane (n) - I decided years ago to accept the lack of a word
for "curtain", and I'm not really sure what you mean by
"membrane" here.
>evidence, signs, traces, vestiges (n) - De' (I doubt there's one word for
all the meanings you're trying to pack into it)
>grandson, granddaughter (n) - puq puqloD, puq puqbe'
>feather (n) - puvmeH ghISDenHey
>be tame, be wild (sv) - tay, jot, jIj; tayHa', qu', tlhol
>deflect (v) - way'
-- ghunchu'wI'