tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Tue Jul 17 09:15:34 2007
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Re: Back scratcher?
Voragh:
> > As for "itch", I think the best we can do is {'oy'} "ache,
> > hurt, be sore" -- {loQ 'oy'}:
ter'eS:
>How about {qotlh} 'to tickle'? An itch feels to me
>like a kind of tickling sensation.
Oy, I like!
>Of course, we have the usual problem of whether
>{qotlh} is transitive or intransitive:
We know it's transitive:
cheqotlhchugh maHaghbe''a'
Tickle us, do we not laugh? TKW
qaqotlh
I tickle you. KLS
> ?{DubwIj qotlh vay'} "Something tickles my back."
> ?{qotlh DubwIj} "my back tickles (i.e. has a tickle)"
>
>I'd think the first is more likely, but I've been wrong before!
We have an example of how this type of verb works with body parts using
{mu-} "he/she/it/they [do something to] me":
mu'aw' mInDu'wIj
My eyes sting [me]. CK
So, {muqotlh DubwIj} "my back tickles (me)". {'aw'} "sting" is another
good choice, depending on how bad the itching is.
--
Voragh
Ca'Non Master of the Klingons