tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Fri Dec 08 17:25:50 1995
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Re: nuqneH
On 8 Dec 95 at 17:12, [email protected] <[email protected]>
wrote:
> In a message dated 95-12-06 14:52:43 EST, you write:
>
> >> How about ngemtaj for axe?
> >>
> >> HIjol,
> >> K'aHrlnag aka Sally Field
> >
> >Fine for a wood cutting ax but I was thinking more of a battle ax.
> >
> >Seems like the consensus is; ghormaH taj ?
> >
> >
>
> I like concepts such as {ngemtaj} for "axe."
>
> I like it so much that I am going outside the "consensus" and
> suggesting a N-N construct for "battle axe," too. It is {veStaj}.
I just don't see axe when I hear taj. taj is a knife, and the
difference is just too big for me to overcome. Even 'etlh would be
preferable IMHO, as then the size would be closer. A two handed axe
translated into the Hol using taj creates a rather silly image.
> peHruS
maSqa'
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"Had I not known that I was dead already,
I would have mourned the loss of my life"
-Ota Dokan, Japanese poet
(written while a knife protruded from his chest)
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