tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Wed Dec 22 05:13:55 2004
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Re: [klbc] nature's call
- From: "QeS lagh" <[email protected]>
- Subject: Re: [klbc] nature's call
- Date: Wed, 22 Dec 2004 23:12:20 +1000
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Ah, my first official KLBC. {{:)
ghItlhpu' SoplaHtaHwI':
>Just a question that came up in a conversation:
>We know what a toilet is in tlhIngan Hol (puchpa')
>But what is (excuse my language) shitting or "to defecate"?
I'm fairly sure there's no canon term for it. It was noticeably absent from
in last year's HolQeD article describing bodily functions. (But remember,
Maltz is shy; he won't tell us what a {qIvon} is, either. {{:D)
I'd probably periphrase: say {puch lo'} "use the toilet" or {puchpa' lo'}
"use the toilet-room". (Remember that {puchpa'} means the room where the
toilet is, not the toilet itself. That's {puch}.)
>How does one talk about bumcheeks?
We do have a word for "bottom, backside, arse/ass": {Sa'Hut}. MO alerted us
to its existence at a recent qep'a'. For "buttocks", perhaps {Sa'Hut bIDmey}
"bottom's halves" could work. I can't find a usage like this in canon, but
there's no reason why it should be ungrammatical, since {bID} is a noun.
Savan.
QeS lagh
taghwI' pabpo' / Beginner's Grammarian
not nItoj Hemey ngo' juppu' qan je
(Old roads and old friends will never deceive you)
- Ubykh Hol vIttlhegh
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