tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Sun Jan 10 11:30:32 1999
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Re: noise (n)
ja' Edy:
> I'm leaving a msg in the telephone voice-mailing but
>I trying to find a word for sound/noise.
>[*noise* DaQoyDI' yIjatlh]
Get more specific. Is the sound you're talking about a "beep"? That
seems like {QoQ} "musical sound" could apply.
>I'm not sure if [ghum - alarm (n)] could be used
>in this sentence.
It might work, but I think there are better ways to say it.
> We have other similar words for human senses:
>pIw - odor (n)
>DuQ - touch (n)
{DuQ} is a verb, not a noun, and it means to reach someone on an emotional
level, the way a great work of art can bring forth strong feelings. It's
an idiom; the true definition is "stab".
> Is there a word for flavor (n)?
The verbs {mum} "sense flavors" and the various qualities such as {'ey} and
{na'} and {wIb} and {tlhorgh} are as close as we get.
-- ghunchu'wI'