tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Sun Jun 09 01:28:19 2002
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Re: Vaj'Hom
ja' Ciege Engine <[email protected]>:
>A friend of mine, who has chosen Vaj'Hom as his
>persona name in a Star Trek community service club,
>insists this name means Little Warrior. I insist it
>means trainee or evenwannabe warrior because 'Hom is
>the dimunitive (turns "river" into "brook" and "Wind"
>into "breeze" right?)
>
>Who is correct?
Disregarding spelling, you both are. You have pretty much the right idea
about the meaning of the suffix {-Hom} (note that it doesn't have a {'} at
the beginning). However, he trumps you in this case because it's his name,
and it can mean whatever he wants it to. :-)
[Actually, I'd probably use {-qoq} for the "wannabe" idea.]
-- ghunchu'wI'