tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Tue Dec 10 10:01:46 2002
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Re: similes
Quoting Quvar valer <[email protected]>:
> ghem vISopmeH loQ jIleStaHvIS QInvam vIgher.
> qagh rur SojwIj. naH Doqqu' vI'elta'.
nuqjatlh?? "I have entered red fruit/vegetable"?
> nay'vetlh Sov Hoch 'e' vIHar.
red cabbage??
> pagh vIja' vIneH, 'ach DaH yabwIjDaq latlh De' vIlan 'e' vInID.
> <vay'> mu' vIlo'DI', vaj DIp 'oHbej, qar'a'?
reH DIp 'oHtaH <vay'>'e' net Sov.
> vaj jIjatlhchugh <vay' moH>, chaq moHbogh loD vIDel'a'?
<vay' moH> = "somebody/something ugly" can certainly mean <moHbogh loD> = "a
man who is ugly", but it can also mean <moHbogh be'> "a woman who is ugly",
<moHbogh Dach> "a thing which is ugly", etc. For that matter, in context, the
derived noun <moHwI'> "an ugly person/thing" could also mean all those things.
I'm not sure I understand your question.
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Voragh
Ca'Non Master of the Klingons