tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Sat Jun 21 04:42:37 2014
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Re: [Tlhingan-hol] lung
<div dir="ltr">De'vID qatlho', 'oH vISovbe'. vaj DIvI' Hol <snake> mughlu'meH mu' qar 'oHlaw' ghargh'e'.<br><div class="gmail_extra"><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">2014-06-21 13:11 GMT+02:00 De'vID <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:[email protected]" target="_blank">[email protected]</a>></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>
> between N and N-'a'. After all, it's just a suggestion. Interpretation<br>
> depends on the speaker. After all, the meaning we got from Okrand is<br>
> "serpent, worm". We don'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>
<span class="HOEnZb"><font color="#888888"><br>
--<br>
De'vID<br>
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