tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Tue Feb 28 20:40:21 2012
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Re: [Tlhingan-hol] How do we know what -Ha' means? (Was: Re: ramwI'mey)
ghItlhpu' Qov, jatlh:
> A discussion about a misunderstood word (attached below) has led to a
> question about how we know what -Ha' means. I don't remember having
> had much trouble with it in context, or people unable to understand
> my usage. Do we just use context and canon? I'll pick some random
> verbs and you tell me what your tlhIngan Hol Duj tells you they mean.
> Qagh pagh lagh pagh Dap? I'll give my impressions in another e-mail
> so as not to prejudice your choices.
maj. DujwIj vIchIj ghIq Qochchugh vuDmeymaj maja'chuqlaH.
taH:
> nenHa'
"be immature"
> cha'Ha'
"cover up, put away, remove from view"
> SevHa'
"release (an enemy)", or "fail to contain (an enemy)" depending on context
> wuDHa'
"stop snoring"
> tlhIvHa'
"resubmit to a superior's authority after having been insubordinate; fall
in line"
> jeghHa'
"surrender inappropriately"
> 'IqHa'
"be too few"
> pumHa'
This makes me think of Mary Poppins - you know the scene where she and
the Banks children are doing the cleaning up? If an object fell from a
place and she snapped her fingers to make it go back where it came from,
then the object pumHa's. I can't really think of a situation where I'd
realistically use it, though.
> HeSHa'
"commit a crime badly or ineptly"
QeS 'utlh
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