tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Mon Jun 23 18:37:46 2003

Back to archive top level

To this year's listing



[Date Prev][Date Next][Thread Prev][Thread Next]

Re: jIDach, 'ach jIHeghbe'bej!



----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Steven Boozer" <[email protected]>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Monday, June 23, 2003 6:14 PM
Subject: Re: jIDach, 'ach jIHeghbe'bej!

> >{mup} suggests to me a sudden, forceful closing of the space between two
> >objects, with the object of the verb being stationary, and the subject
> >closing the space. I know lightning doesn't do this, but it appears to.
So
> >does this use of {mup} strike (NPI) anyone as wrong?
>
> It sounds good to me, certainly in a figurative or metaphorical sense,
> though I think you're over-thinking it.
>
Probably. One of my more annoying habits.

> qIpmeH Qatlh'a'?
> Difficult to hit? ST5

This is the meaning I was looking for.

--ngabwI'
HovpoH juHDaq:
http://web.tampabay.rr.com/ngabwi/
HovpoH 700199.6


Back to archive top level