tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Mon Jun 09 17:15:32 1997
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RE: Word Survey
- From: "David Trimboli" <[email protected]>
- Subject: RE: Word Survey
- Date: Mon, 9 Jun 97 23:12:29 UT
Stardate 97439.76 jatlh Soqra'tIS:
> Anyway, I could use a few opinions on a few words here:
>
> tlhIngan Hol:
>
> wa' - luHwI'
puchDaq bIba'taHvIS, bIrInDI', luHwI' DaDa.
> cha' - (ghop) DuDwI'
ghop DuDwI' DataH rejmorgh.
> wej - *SIyment DuDwI''a'
wejpuH. This is not the Klingon word for cement.
> loS - pIptaj
wo'rIvDaq pumpu' ngaSwI' 'ugh. rIQ pIpDaj. vaj pIpDaj rIQ lulelnIS Qelpu'.
pIptaj lulo'.
> vagh - DuQwI'
tut jejqu'
> jav - chuchghorwI'
HIqwIj vIbIrmoHmeH chuch vIchel. tInchugh chuch, HIvje'Daq vIlanlaHbe'. vaj
chuch vImachnISmoH. chuch ghorwI' vIlo'.
>
> DIvI' Hol:
>
> 1 - pliers
> 2 - (hand) mixer
> 3 - cement mixer
> 4 - stiletto (a type of knife)
> 5 - awl
> 6 - ice pick
Note, I wrote what came to mind before I ever looked at your English
originals. This helps to show how these words were interpreted, without
foreknowledge of what they were *supposed* to mean.
--
SuStel
Beginners' Grammarian
Stardate 97440.0