tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Mon Jan 11 10:40:30 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]
Qermaq:
: I have no idea about "flavor", but what about <chuSwI'> - this works in your
: sentence above, <chuSwI' DaQoyDI' yIjatlh>.
Possibly, "thing that is noisy" - though to me, I would first think of a
device
rather than the sound itself, but both work in the sentence. HurghwI' has
used
*{chuSwI'} on this list to mean a "speaker (device)", such as the ones
installed in your desktop PC. I suppose *{chuSwI'} could also refer to a
person:
pa' chuSwI'vetlh'e' ghaH 'Iv?
Just who is that loud-mouth over there?
ghunchu'wI':
: Get more specific. Is the sound you're talking about a "beep"? That
: seems like {QoQ} "musical sound" could apply.
Much better - a "tone" as it were:
QoQ DaQoyDI' yIjatlh!
Speak when you hear (the sound of) the tone!
QoQ DaQoyDI' QIn yIqon!
Record a message when you hear (the sound of) the tone!
Perhaps combining the two:
QoQ chuSDI' yIjatlh!
When the tone sounds, speak!
Hmm, no... I like the first one better.
--
Voragh
Ca'Non Master of the Klingons