tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Thu Aug 11 19:11:12 1994

Back to archive top level

To this year's listing



[Date Prev][Date Next][Thread Prev][Thread Next]

porgh 'ay'mey bIH 'e' boQub'a'?



jatlhwI'pu' quv:

tlhIngan Hol DIpmey buv vIchenmoHlI'. Segh rapDaq tay' mu'mey qo'Daq
SumDI'.  nuHmey HaDI'baHmey je tlhIlmey je yoqmey je bIH SeghwIj'e'.

porgh 'ay'mey 'oH wa' Segh'e'. mu'meyvam vIboSta', 'ach porgh 'ay'mey
bIH Hoch'e' 'e' vISovchu'be. porgh 'ay'mey bIH 'e' boQub'a'? qo'Daq
law' mu'meyvam 'e' vIqaSmoHmeH, /-Du'/ vIlo'nIS'a'?

DaQ    ponytail
Hom    bone
Huy'   eyebrow
jIb    head hair
loch   mustache
pach   claw
pIp    spine
pob    body hair
qab    face
ro'    fist
Somraw muscle
yab    mind/brain

And now I drop into English ... which meaning of "spine" do you think
Okrand intended? The thing whose breakage could cause my paralysis, or
the things on a porcupine?

-QumpIn 'avrIn
--
Erich Schneider  [email protected]  http://tamsun.tamu.edu/~ers0925



Back to archive top level