tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Mon Aug 13 08:30:12 2001
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Re: HolQeD 10:2: toes
ja' Robyn Stewart <[email protected]>:
>SIbI' <Sen/rIl SIq qay qew qan> vIqawlaHmo', ghaytan nutoj Okrand.
>ngeDchu'mo'.
jISIvpu' je jIH. ngeDqu'; qID vISovpa' wotmey vIqawlaHchu'. Hujbej.
>Makes you realize how stupid English finger names are, and how
>awkward our toe names are. Try explaining to a Klingon that the
>English for nanwI' is "the toe next to my little toe".
I always thought it was nice to have words for the back of the hand
and the top of the foot. Klingon has lots of body part names where
English lacks terms, which is an interesting switch from the usual
case.
-- ghunchu'wI' 'utlh (BrusselsDaq leStaHvIS)