tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Tue Jul 16 09:07:26 1996
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Re: KLBC: jIlIH'egh [Introduction]
>Date: Mon, 15 Jul 1996 12:33:49 -0700
>From: Dave Yeung <[email protected]>
>>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.
I thought there was a word for "mine" as a noun someplace; I just didn't
look carefully. Yes, bIQ tlhIlHal sounds quite nice for "well" (though
since it's a compound of Hal I'm not sure it's really any better than just
"bIQ Hal," unless you have a need to specifically note that it's like a
mine.)
~mark