tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Tue Nov 22 11:06:42 2005
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Re: I'm thankful for ...
> > http://www.joyoftech.com/joyoftech/joyarchives/622b.html
nuQum qa'pIn qorghon puqloD, q'meQ tuq:
>As a test of my knowledge, I'll attempt to translate the first turkey's
>text
"They will sing songs of our glorious drumsticks."
>{'uSmeyma' 'ey, bIHmo' bommey bom chaH}
Since the turkeys are actually speaking, {-ma'} "our" for beings capable of
using speech is entirely appropriate... and funny.
We now know that {'uS} refers to legs of people. Use {gham} - note BTW the
similar-sounding {ghab} "meat from midsection of animal" - or {HajDob}:
... the usual word for the leg of an animal, when prepared as food,
is {gham} ("limb"), the same word used for the leg of the living animal.
A leg served as food at a banquet in an upper-class household, however,
is likely to be called a {HajDob}, an old word for "limb". In another
context, such as a meal with warriors in a ship's {SopwI'pa'} ("mess
hall"), only the term {gham} will be heard. [KGT 42]
though we did hear {to'baj 'uS lughoDlu'bogh} "stuffed tobbaj legs" twice
in PK, which pre-dated KGT.
Either way, use the plural suffix for body parts {-Du'}.
Also, you don't need the redundant pronoun. Put the suffix {-mo'} on the
noun or quality.
>I wasn't sure what root to choose for "glorious" so I chose "delicious"
>instead.
I'd use {Dun} "be wonderful, be great" - associated with songs of glory:
ta'mey Dun, bommey Dun.
Great deeds, great songs. TKW
So all together:
ghamDu'ma'mo' Dun, bommey bom chaH.
Because of our great drumsticks, they will sing songs.
Dunmo' HajDobDu'ma', bommey bom chaH.
Because our drumsticks are great, they will sing songs.
or simply
ghamDu'ma'mo' Dun, bom chaH.
Because of our great drumsticks they will sing.
Dunmo' HajDobDu'ma', bom chaH.
Because our drumsticks are great, they will sing.
or even more simply:
ghamDu' Dun, bommey Dun.
HajDobDu' Dun, bommey Dun.
Great drumsticks, great songs!
And while we're on the topic, one of the turkeys might have added <<{batlh
wIqawlu'taH}>> "We will be remembered with honor!" <g>
cha'leS yupma' yItIv!
--
Voragh
Ca'Non Master of the Klingons