tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Tue Jan 07 17:36:27 1997
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RE: KLBC: yuQ vIchen
- From: "David Trimboli" <[email protected]>
- Subject: RE: KLBC: yuQ vIchen
- Date: Wed, 8 Jan 97 01:29:04 UT
January 07, 1997 1:07 PM, jatlh nejwI':
> SuStel qavan
vaj Hovmey Davan! (Just kidding.)
> yuQ vInarghmoHlI'
> batlh vIchenmeH qeSlIj vItlhob
{chen} means "take form." {chen} + {-moH} gives you "cause to take form," or
"make." You want to add {-moH} to this, as well as in the subject line of
this message.
*What* are you asking my advice? :) So far, it seems that {tlhob} does not
take an object. Rather, you can stick a quotation on it at either end, and
this does not count as an object.
{qeSlIj vISuqmeH jItlhob} is one way to say this.
> K: nejwI'pu' 'Iw Say'meH chIrgh
> E: Temple for cleaning the blood of seekers
> (Temple of blood-cleansing, which prepares one for a foresight ritual)
{Say'} means "be clean," not "clean." To say that you're *causing* something
to be clean, you need {-moH}:
nejwI'pu' 'Iw Say'moHmoH chIrgh
> K: cha'nob ngabmoH lam tujqu'
> E: Very hot dirt makes ritual gifts disappear
> (Sacrificial boiling-mud pit)
*shrug* I like to *keep* my presents, but . . .
maj.
> K: naDev puH ghomtaH bIQ
> E: Here water continuously encounters land
> (Embankment)
maj.
> K: naDev pIj leS Dujmey
> E: Vessels often rest hereabouts
> (Harbour)
That's an interesting metaphor, ships "resting." If that's what you really
wanted, it's fine. If not, perhaps
naDev pIj vergh Dujmey
or even just
vergh
Or perhaps they don't actually dock:
naDev pIj loStaH Dujmey
> I've been toying with words in a vain attempt to make a "boat", or
> "sailboat" (SuSDuj?) and a "fishing-harbour"
> Any ideas?
Well, two words on MSN, {veSDuj} and {qughDuj} specifically state that these
are space vessels. Still, I don't know if the word {Duj} refers only to a
space vessel, or any kind of transport, or only what we call "ships" in
English.
Assuming for a moment that it's not only "space vessel," I'd say that {SuSDuj}
is pretty good, although not very specific. I thought of {bIQDuj} (as I feel
sure that you did as well), but decided that made me think of a submarine.
Perhaps {bIQ ghor Duj}?
"Fishing harbor"? {bIQ Ha'DIbaH wammeH vengHom}?
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SuStel
Beginners' Grammarian
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