tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Mon Jul 15 12:28:52 1996
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Re: KLBC: jIlIH'egh [Introduction]
>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
Isn't {tlhIlHal} given as "mine (noun)"? Why not {bIQ tlhIlHal}?
I think the word was used for "(dilithium) mine" in CK.
dave yeung