tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Sat Dec 16 13:14:21 1995
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Re: Crispin`s Klingon
On Sat, 16 Dec 1995, David Barron wrote:
> > > lam be' "Silence, you lam be'!"
> >
> > Now this is puzzling. /lam be'/ is "(the) female is dirty."
>
> But <lam> is also a NOUN. So "Dirts woman" or "Woman of dirt" isn't
> TOO bad.
>
> Or am I missing something (again)
heh. I had forgotten that /lam/ is also a noun. I use the verb
frequently when talking to my son, particularly when it's time to
change his diaper ;). Still, /lam be'/, "dirt's woman", I'm not sure
what that would mean. "Woman of dirt" is a completely different
meaning, something like "woman made of dirt".
With /lam/ as noun or verb, I just don't get this. Sure does sound
like an epithet though.
> > --Holtej
>
> david
--Holtej