tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Thu Oct 30 08:35:56 2014
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Re: [Tlhingan-hol] "Knitting" in Klingon
Is {SIS yoD} really the word for “umbrella”? It seems to use {SIS} as a noun, but we have only the verb form. This whole post seems to use {SIS} as a noun.
Am I out of the loop from a major vocabulary addition?
> On Oct 30, 2014, at 10:40 AM, Felix Malmenbeck <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> This might be an interesting case for studying the difference between -be' and -Ha', and the relative ordering of suffixes.
>
> muyIQbe'moHpu'mo' SIS yoDwIj muyIQmoHpu'be' SIS*.
>
> SIS yoDwIj ghorpu'mo' SuS qu', muyIQbe'moHbe'taH. vaj muyIQmoHlaHtaH SIS*.
>
> muyIQbe'moHpu'be'DI' SIS yoDwIj, muyIQHa'moH QaDmoHwI' DIrwIj.
>
>
> *DIp 'oH'a'? jISovbe'.
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> From: De'vID [[email protected]]
> Sent: Thursday, October 30, 2014 15:17
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> Subject: Re: [Tlhingan-hol] "Knitting" in Klingon
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> On Wed, Oct 29, 2014 at 12:22 PM, Lieven <[email protected]> wrote:
>> Talking about puns, is Nick Sousanis a famous person in the US?
>
> pongvetlh vIghovbe'. ghaytanHa' noy.
>
> If {nIq} refers to a person named "Nick", it is much more likely to be
> someone personal to Okrand than a public figure. Also, this Nick
> Sousanis appears to be an artist, rather than a knitter or weaver.
> (That he has "weave" in the name of his blog is probably just a
> coincidence.)
>
> yInIDqa'.
>
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