tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Fri Apr 08 23:19:19 2005
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Re: Klingon WOTD: jInaq (noun)
- From: "QeS lagh" <[email protected]>
- Subject: Re: Klingon WOTD: jInaq (noun)
- Date: Sat, 09 Apr 2005 16:18:35 +1000
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ghItlhpu' naHQun:
>nuqDaq ngagh beQ vISamlaH?
ghItlhpu' no'aH:
>I don't get it. :-( Is it a play-on-words with the difference between nagh
>beQ, and ngagh beQ? If >so, it's clever. :-P argh...
>I translated the first part: "Where can I find the..." but the rest doesn't
>make sense. If it was nagh >beQ, then it'd be: "Where can I find the stone
>tablet?" If not... *pulls out hair*
Yes, this is a pun. At least, I assume it was intended that way. <g>
If you didn't already know, {nagh beQ} "flat stone" is a term for a type of
painting, usually done on a flat stone tablet. (It's from KGT.) In actual
human usage, it's become a stopgap term for "picture" or "image". In
practice, {nuqDaq nagh beQ vISamlaH} would mean roughly "Where can I find a
picture?" You can work out the word {ngagh} and the subsequent wordplay for
yourself. {{:P
'ej jughomta'mo' jIbel, no'aH. pIj pIQoy 'e' vItul!
Savan,
QeS lagh
taghwI' pabpo' / Beginners' Grammarian
not nItoj Hemey ngo' juppu' ngo' je
(Old roads and old friends will never deceive you)
- Ubykh Hol vIttlhegh
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