tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Mon Feb 06 15:26:42 2012
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Re: [Tlhingan-hol] Klingon Word of the Day: quHvaj
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loghaD:<br>
> Don't think this one reached the list, but I saw it on Twitter.<br>
><br>
> It seems safe to assume that like butlh ("dirt under the fingernails"), this is something that one can ghaj: quHvaj vIghajmo' pe'vIl jIbwIj vISay'nISmoH.</p>
<p>maj.</p>
<p>loghaD:<br>
> I figure quHvaj would refer to a whole collection of dandruff, making quHvajmey "dandruff scattered all about".</p>
<p>chaq rurchuq {quHvaj}, {Duran lung DIr} je. not {Duran lung DIr} tlha'laH {-mey}, {-Du'} ghap. rurchuqchugh, pabbe' {quHvajmey} 'ej Hat.</p>
<p>loghaD:<br>
> mIvwIj vItuQmoHHa'DI'* pa'Daq Dat quHvajmey lutu'lu'.<br>
> Anybody disagree?<br>
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> *I believe this is the canonical way of putting it, although one could certainly make the argument that it should be classed as an error. tuQHa'[choH] would make a lot more sense.</p>
<p>qatlh (*)'e' DaHar? {tuQmoHHa'} lo'bogh ghantoH chovnatlh wIghaj'a'? {mIvwIj vItuQHa'choH} 'e' vImaS.</p>
<p>--<br>
De'vID</p>
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