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Re: [Tlhingan-hol] Klingon Word of the Day: chID

lojmitti7wi7nuv ([email protected])



wejpuH.

qama'ma' luHmeH qama'ma' luH luH 'avwI'.

HeghDI' qama'ma', qama'ma' qa'meH luH luH qama'ma' 'avI'.

'ach chun qama'pu'.

<<Ha'! qama'pu' luHDu' yIluHHa'!>>

<<nuqDaq?>>

<<Ha'! pa' yIluHHa!'>>

On Oct 3, 2014, at 1:02 PM, Alan Anderson <[email protected]> wrote:

> On Fri, Oct 3, 2014 at 12:36 PM, Anthony Appleyard
> <[email protected]> wrote:
>> Can chID also mean "admit" in the sense "I admitted the petitioners into the room"?
> 
> Nobody has told us that it *can't*, but it's not likely. The
> {QaghmeylIj tIchID} example tells us what it *does* mean, and there's
> no reason to assume that ancient Klingons derived "accept as true"
> from a "let it in" meaning the way 15th centuary Terrans did.
> 
> We know that Klingon does do such stretches of meaning (e.g. {luH}),
> but I doubt it did this specific one.
> 
> -- ghunchu'wI'
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