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Re: [Tlhingan-hol] lung

André Müller ([email protected])



<div dir="ltr">De&#39;vID qatlho&#39;, &#39;oH vISovbe&#39;. vaj DIvI&#39; Hol &lt;snake&gt; mughlu&#39;meH mu&#39; qar &#39;oHlaw&#39; ghargh&#39;e&#39;.<br><div class="gmail_extra"><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">2014-06-21 13:11 GMT+02:00 De&#39;vID <span dir="ltr">&lt;<a href="mailto:[email protected]"; target="_blank">[email protected]</a>&gt;</span>:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">André Müller:<br>
<div class="">It depends on where you draw the arbitrary line<br>
&gt; between N and N-&#39;a&#39;. After all, it&#39;s just a suggestion. Interpretation<br>
&gt; depends on the speaker. After all, the meaning we got from Okrand is<br>
&gt; &quot;serpent, worm&quot;. We don&#39;t know how big Klingon gharghmey can be.<br>
<br>
</div>Actually, we do. The word {ghargh} originally referred to the giant<br>
worm- or serpent-like creature on the Genesis Planet which attacked<br>
and wrapped itself around Kruge. (This one:<br>
<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:S03-kruge_fights_the_worms.png"; target="_blank">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:S03-kruge_fights_the_worms.png</a> )<br>
<br>
So {ghargh} can, with no suffix, refer to something comparable in size<br>
to a Klingon.<br>
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--<br>
De&#39;vID<br>
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