tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Tue Feb 25 13:06:14 2003
[Date Prev][Date Next][Thread Prev][Thread Next]
RE: Earthly
DloraH wrote:
> > How do I give the connatation of the English suffix "-ly"
> > meaning "of" as in "Earthly" or "Heavenly", "of Earth" "of Heaven"
>
>It could be handled with a noun-noun construction or a /rur/ simile.
>
>It is an earthly scent. It is a scent of the earth.
>tera' pIw 'oH.
N.B. capitalization: {tera'} "the Earth (planet)". For earth (i.e. ground
or soil) you can use {yav}:
yav pIw 'oH.
It's an earthy smell.
yav pIw ghaj.
It has an earthy smell.
>It smells like the earth.
>He', tera' rur.
"It smells like the Earth." Or:
He'; yav rur.
It smells like earth (soil).
Or you could say something like:
jIHvaD tera' qawmoH pIw.
The scent reminds me of Earth.
We have a good example of using the bare noun like this in phrases like
{romuluS HIq} "Romulan ale" (i.e. the liquor Klingons most commonly
associate with the planet Romulus), {romuluS Hov wo'} "The Romulan Star
Empire", {tera' DIS} "an Earth (Terran) year", etc.
--
Voragh "Damage control is easy. Reading Klingon
- that's
Ca'Non Master of the Klingons hard!" (Montgomery
Scott, STIV)