tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Mon Jul 16 07:40:30 2007
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Re: Back scratcher?
>ja' maHvatlh:
> > Has anyone come up with a way to talk about scraching (or itching)?
ghunchu'wI':
>{tey} scrape (v)
Scraping and scratching are mentioned passim in KGT and TKW:
It does not matter whether this recording is visual, digital, scratches in
stone, or marks on paper. (TKW 179)
Statues are carved of stone ({nagh}, "rock, stone") by various techniques.
Thus, among other things, the sculptor ({Hew chenmoHwI'} [literally, "statue
creator") may {nan} ("gouge"), {tey} ("scrape"), or {ghItlh} ("engrave").
To apply these techniques, specialized tools are employed: the {nanwI'}
("chisel"; literally, "gouger"), {teywI'} ("file"; literally, "scraper"),
and {ghItlhwI'} ("stylus"). (KGT 79)
... a fungus (known as {'atlhqam}) usually scraped off the bottom of certain
animals' feet, though it also grows on trees. (KGT 92)]
I think {tey} - and its nomen agentis {teywI'} - is the closest verb we can
find: *{Dub teywI'} "back scraper". As for "itch", I think the best we
can do is {'oy'} "ache, hurt, be sore" -- {loQ 'oy'}:
loQ 'oy'DI' SuvwI' bepbe'
A warrior does not complain about physical discomfort. TKW
The Federation Standard word "discomfort" somewhat distorts the meaning
of the
Klingon, which refers to a warrior "aching slightly." (TKW 46)
but since Klingon warriors don't normally discuss such things, it is hardly
likely to come up in conversation. <g>
--
Voragh
Ca'Non Master of the Klingons