tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Tue May 22 09:33:53 2001
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Re: Puns - qID mu'mey
> : I remember someone mentioning a pun based on a character from "A Midsummer
> : Night's Dream;" Puck, I think.
>
> That's right; {puq} "child" may come from Puck (the mischievous child
spirit).
> Some, however, think {puq} derives from "puke" (infants and small children
> often spit up on their elders) while others see it as {qup} "elder" backwards
> (or is it the other way around?).
The same play also gives us pIrmuS.
DloraH