tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Fri Jul 09 13:29:53 2004
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RE: New Words
DloraH wrote:
> > I was wondering, when is the New Words list going to
> > be updated? Why isn't charghwI' doing his job? Does
> > anybody know? This is important to me because since I
> > don't receive HolQeD, I don't have any other means of
> > learning about the new additions to the vocabulary.
>
>It has the words from the December issue. Did we get any new words in the
>March issue? I believe we got new grammar in March.
It explained variations of the {law'}/{puS} formula, but Okrand did slip in
four new words in his examples:
{ghun} "be warm" (v.)
ghun 'Iw HIq, rap bograt chej
the bokrat liver is as warm as the bloodwine
{va'nuch} "heel (body part)" (n.)
nIb va'nuchDu'chaj
their heels are identical
{vIl} "be ridgy" (v.)
QuchlIj vIl law' QuchwIj vIl pIm
your forehead is not as ridgy as my forehead
QuchwIj vIl law' QuchlIj vIl puS
my forehead is ridgier than your forehead
QuchlIj vIl law'be' QuchwIj vIl puSbe'
your forehead isn't ridgier than my forehead
{woch} "be tall" (v.)
tlhIngan woch law' tera'ngan woch rap
the Klingon is as tall as the Terran
tlhIngan woch law' tera'ngan woch nIb
the Klingon is as tall as the Terran
--
Voragh
Ca'Non Master of the Klingons