tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Mon Jul 15 07:14:40 1996
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Re: KLBC: jIlIH'egh [Introduction]
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>Date: Fri, 12 Jul 1996 20:19:14 -0700
>From: "Kenneth Traft" <[email protected]>
>I don't understand {bIQ Hal}
>as "well", though; it sounds more like a spring. It would probably have
>to be described more thoroughly in order to be certain of getting across
>your meaning. Maybe {bIQ tlhIl} would suffice, though.
>I can see where there might be some confusion, but I translate <<bIQ tlhIl>>
>as "water mineral". I would be more apt to go with the <<bIQ Hal>> or maybe
><<tay bIQ Hal>>.
I'm not sure I follow these last two sentences; they seem to contradict the
first paragraph. Wait, I take it the second paragraph is answering a
quote, which is the first paragraph? I can't tell it's quoted.
I don't see what the "tay" buys for you, but likely I missed the context
and you're talking about some special wishing well or holy font or
something.
Either bIQ Hal or bIQ tlhIl works well for me, and I agree that bIQ Hal may
be closer to "spring". I would like bIQ tlhIl (water is a mineral, after
all, and can be mined), were it not for the fact that "tlhIl" is "mineral"
as a noun and only "mine" as a verb (which I only noticed when typing the
paragraph). Too bad. "water mine" for "well" is cool. I think that's
what Ken was saying above. But bIQ Hal works very nicely.
~mark
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