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Re: DCKL translation problems: knives

Lieven L. Litaer (Quvar) ([email protected])

• From: Lieven L. Litaer (Quvar) <[email protected]>
• Subject: Re: DCKL translation problems: knives
• Date: Thu, 15 Jan 2004 10:16:15 +0100
• In-Reply-To: <[email protected]>

Am 14.01.2004 23:28:14, schrieb Steven Boozer <[email protected]>:

>How this is different from an {ghonDoq} is not known.

My problem lies only in the word "slender-bladed"
"Messer mit schmaler Klinge" seems best.

>{may' taj} - battle knife (a d'ktahg?)

Isn't a d'ktagh called "warrior's knife"

>{'aqnaw} - type of general purpose knife

Allgemeingebrauchsmesser??

(in German one can make compound words as long as you want. This sometimes looks very stupid 
when translating, but sometimes I just can't find another way to say it.)

Quvar.

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