tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Fri Jun 13 20:39:55 1997
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Re: Word Survey
- From: "Donald E. Vick" <[email protected]>
- Subject: Re: Word Survey
- Date: Fri, 13 Jun 1997 20:12:49 -0700 (PDT)
- In-Reply-To: <[email protected]> from "William H. Martin" at Jun 12, 97 10:04:43 pm
William H. Martin wrote:
> <[email protected]> wrote:
> > Weaver SE wrote:
> > >
> > > loS - pIptaj
> > > 4 - stiletto (a type of knife)
> >
> > The defining characteristic of a stiletto is the thin blade.
> > I think <taj lang> would be better.
>
> ghobe'. pe'meH tajmey lang law' tu'lu'. [Yes, I left the {lu-}
> off {tu'lu'} on purpose because Okrand does it all the time.]
> DuQmeH taj 'oH *stiletto*'e'.
bIlughchu'. DaH jIqaw. rut HeH ghajbe' *stiletto*. Dub DuQlu'
'e' qellaw' *Weaver*, 'ach 'et DuQlaH je taj. mu'lIj QaQ law' mu'wIj
mu'Daj je QaQ puS 'e' vIHar. batlh Dub DuQlaHbe' SuvwI', vaj chaq
qechmey tu'be' tlhIngan.
SKI: You're right, I wasn't thinking all that clearly. Weaver
apparently thought of stabbing someone in the back, but I think your
word is better. A knife in the back is dishonorable, so this might
not even occur to a Klingon who was describing the weapon.
wIvqu', law'wI'pu'vaD Holtej jIH
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