tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Fri Jan 21 15:46:55 2000
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Re: Klingon WOTD: rIHwI' (n)
- From: "William H. Martin" <[email protected]>
- Subject: Re: Klingon WOTD: rIHwI' (n)
- Date: Fri, 21 Jan 2000 18:39:48 -0500 (Eastern Standard Time)
- In-Reply-To: <[email protected]>
- Priority: NORMAL
On Thu, 20 Jan 2000 21:59:29 -0500 (EST)
[email protected] wrote:
>
> >>Klingon word: rIHwI'
> >>Part of Speech: noun
> >>Definition: energizer
> >
> >>jatlh qenobIywan:
> >> "rIHwI' Ha'DIbaH -- ghoStaH... 'ej ghoStaH... 'ej ghoStaH..."
>
> "pagh nI' law', rIHwI' yIn poH nI' puS"
> Nothing lasts longer than Energizer.
> (Well, okay, maybe I'm abusing the law'/puS construct a little.)
Well, if you wanted to say THAT, convention would be:
rIHwI' yIn poH nI' law' Hoch nI' puS.
As you said it, I could only interpret that you were
talking about our Beginner's Grammarian. {{:)>
> >jatlh Voragh:
> >For the general {Ha'DIbaH}, try {Qa'Hom}. (Cf. KCD.)
>
> "titmouse" rurlaw' <Qa'Hom>. 'ach chal Ha'DIbaH 'oH "titmouse"'e',
> qar'a'? jImIS. (The picture shown in KCD is that of a mouse,
> but a titmouse isn't a mouse, it's a bird, isn't it? Unless
> there's also a kind of mouse called a titmouse.)
jISaHbe'. not tera'Daq Qa'Hom vItu'. nuq rur? jISaHbe'bej.
> <Qa'> 'oH nuq'e'? ghaytan <Qa'> rur <Qa'Hom>.
'ach Qa'Hom ram law' Qa' ram puS.
> --
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