tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Fri Nov 29 14:47:40 2002
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KLBC: Poem Words (was Re: KLBC: "Tadhg" lIH jIH)
- From: Tadhg Christopher Bird <[email protected]>
- Subject: KLBC: Poem Words (was Re: KLBC: "Tadhg" lIH jIH)
- Date: Fri, 29 Nov 2002 12:50:26 -0800 (PST)
- In-Reply-To: <[email protected]>
On Tue, 26 Nov 2002 [email protected] wrote:
> > >Any words for poem/poetry? and Why not? ;)
> > {lut} "story"
>
> Depending on how it is presented; Beowulf is categorized as a poem but I would
> probably use lut. For many poems I would use bom "song, chant"
OK I picked up somewhere that we are not allowed to make our own compound
nouns, so {bomlut} or {lutbom} are forbidden constructs, right? But if we
WERE allowed, which one would mean "Story-Song" and which one would mean
"Song-Story"? (My guess, {bomlut} == "song-story"). Could this be a case
for the Noun-Noun construction? {bom lut} == "The song of the story
(i.e. poem)"
Could I use a conjunction to join the words bom and lut to mean poem? For
a poem to me is something inbetween story and song, but a bit of
both. {lut bom je} "It is a story and a song (i.e. poem)".
Who do I have to sleep with to get a canonical word for poem, anyway?
Smooth Roads,
-- Tadhg
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Tadhg Christopher Bird <[email protected]>
aka L. Christopher Bird
http://www.MacroWerx.com/