tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Sun Mar 21 15:22:25 1999
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RE: KLBC: Proverbs
On Thu, 18 Mar 1999, Alan Anderson wrote:
> ja' quljIb:
> >jev'e' yIHajQo'; peDpu'DI', ngeDchoH chon.
> >
> >QaQ'a' je?
>
> ghobe'. DIp 'oHbe' <jev>. wot 'oH.
>
> In all this discussion, nobody has yet pointed out that {jev} "storm" is a
> verb. I would have suggested {SuS} "wind" or even {SuS'a'} for this phrase,
> but that's not going to fit well with the {peD} "snow" idea.
>
> I'm not sure the idea of "storm" fits "snow" well in the first place anyway.
> Why not just say {peDtaH 'e' yIHajQo'} or {peDqu'taH 'e' yIHajQo'}?
>
> -- ghunchu'wI'
>
Well then, perhaps {jevwI'} "that which storms" is a good substitute, eh?
quljIb