tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Mon Dec 09 09:09:37 1996
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Re: QuchDu' 'IH (was RE: KLBC: jInID)
- From: "Mark E. Shoulson" <[email protected]>
- Subject: Re: QuchDu' 'IH (was RE: KLBC: jInID)
- Date: Mon, 9 Dec 1996 12:09:34 -0500 (EST)
- In-reply-to: <[email protected]>(message from Voragh on Sun, 8 Dec 1996 15:25:23 -0800)
>Date: Sun, 8 Dec 1996 15:25:23 -0800
>From: Voragh <[email protected]>
>
>And the verb would likely be Habbe'. Hab is already associated with
>foreheads: cf. Hab SoSlI' Quch "Your mother has a smooth forehead!" (PK)
>We also have the verb ghegh "be rough" available.
I used "ghegh" in my translation of the opening poem opposite the
frontispiece of Hamlet for this purpose ("*SeQpIr* qab 'IHmoH QuchDaj
ghegh"/Shakespeare's rough foreheqad beautifies his face.)
~mark