tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Thu Nov 15 09:23:58 2007
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Re: chu''a' cha' mu', wej mu' ghap?
ter'eS:
> >>So, I can't prove {jIn} and {Qompu'} are canon, but
> >>I believe they are. Make of that what you will.
Voragh:
> >{Qompu'}?? I could only find this in KGT (p.162f.):
> >
> > The word {Qom} literally means "experience a tremor or,
> > using an old Terran phrase, "experience an earthquake".
> > The word is used in its slang sense of "perilous,
> > treacherous" when applied to a mission or voyage. [...]
> > Thus, {Qompu' Duj} (literally, "The ship has experienced
> > a tremor") may be used to mean "The ship is hazardous,
> > has been left in a hazardous condition".
> >
> > {Qompu'} isn't listed in the New Words list. What does it mean?
ter'eS:
>In my Newest Words list (hence, in the Kliflash database):
>
>"Qompu' (vi) be made dangerous or hazardous (eg. a ship)"
>
>http://teresh.tdonnelly.org/klinewest.html
I see we organize our personal dictionaries differently. Mine reads:
{Qom} experience an earthquake or tremor TKD
{Qom} be hazardous, be perilous, be treacherous (slang) KGT
I have {Qompu'} cited as an example under the latter.
Whew! I thought I had missed a word! <g>
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Voragh
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