tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Mon Feb 17 14:00:34 2003
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Re: Names of digits
At 12:59 PM 2/17/2003 -0600, Voragh wrote:
>In the same article, Okrand also introduced {rIl} "play (a wind
>instrument)", which he explained as being a brass technique, not a flute
>technique, and most typically used with {gheb} "horn (musical instrument)"
>as its object.
>
>Is there some horn technique that involves thumbing {rIl} a hole?
Ah yes, now I remember... someone on the list had pointed out that {gheb
rIl} sounds like "Gabriel", the trumpet-playing archangel. However, this
still doesn't explain why {Sen} is usually used by adults, and {rIl} by
children. So maybe there's yet another pun hidden.
- taD