tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Sat Dec 16 12:14:06 1995
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Re: Crispin`s Klingon
- From: David Barron <[email protected]>
- Subject: Re: Crispin`s Klingon
- Date: Sat, 16 Dec 1995 13:14:05 -0700 (MST)
> > lam be' "Silence, you lam be'!"
>
> Now this is puzzling. /lam be'/ is "(the) female is dirty." But it
> looks like it's being used as an epithet here. If it was supposed to
> be "dirty woman", then it'd be /be' lam/, but this would apparently be
> an idiomatic use of the word "dirty". I think we should just chalk
> this up to a miscommunication between Okrand and the author.
But <lam> is also a NOUN. So "Dirts woman" or "Woman of dirt" isn't
TOO bad.
Or am I missing something (again)
> --Holtej
david
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