tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Thu Jul 24 08:43:55 1997
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Re: vegh and the nentay'
- From: "Donald E. Vick" <[email protected]>
- Subject: Re: vegh and the nentay'
- Date: Thu, 24 Jul 1997 08:29:36 -0700 (PDT)
- In-Reply-To: <[email protected]> from "Matthew M Whiteacre" at Jul 23, 97 09:13:45 pm
Matthew M Whiteacre wrote:
>
> I realize that this will probably not be acceptable, since I think we
> have established the vegh deals with physical action, but what about:
>
> SuvwI' mojmeH nentay' vegh ghaH
>
> In order to become a warrior, he went through the nentay.
It would work in a sense. During the nentay, the SuvwI'Hey does
pass through ({vegh}) a double line of his friends, who are armed with
painstiks. You could certainly use it in a poetic description of the
process.
wIvqu', law'wI'pu'vaD Holtej jIH
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