tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Thu Jun 19 21:46:45 1997
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Re: Confirmations
[quoting Marc Okrand on MSN]
> I haven't seen the commercial in a while, but I don't think wov was used as
> a noun there. Though the Klingons in the ad may have ad libbed a bit, the
> phrase the one Klingon was supposed to say regarding the little lights in
> the Bird of Prey ornament was:
>
> wovmoHbogh janHommey
>
> That is, "little devices that cause (something) to be light or bright" or
> "little devices that brighten (something)" or "little devices that light
> (something) up" or the like. wov is a verb "be light, bright" followed by
> the suffix -moH "cause" (thus, "cause to be light").
ja' SuStel:
>YES, YES, YES!!! {wov} is ***>>>NOT<<<*** a noun!!! (At least, not from
>that
>commercial.)
maj. not qechvetlh vIlajqangpu'. DaH loQ mu'mey QIjlu' jIQuchqu'.
What's the appropriate smiley for a deep sigh of satisfaction?
-- ghunchu'wI'