tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Fri Oct 26 07:08:29 2007
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Re: chainsaw?
> > Voragh:
> >>>If we asked him, Maltz would probably say it was
> >>>something like *{tIqSaS}!
> >
> > Qov:
> >> jIHagh! bIlugh. 'a yIHej. wa'nem mu'qoqvetlh
> >> lo'bej vay'. yIloSqu'!
> >
> > mIq'ey:
> > This has gone entirely over my head. Can someone explain?
Voragh:
>>Say *{tIqSaS} out loud and think in terms of chainsaws. If you're
>>a movie buff, something should occur to you.
mIq'ey:
>Gotcha. But why not {teqSaS}?
To make it a bit less obvious: *t'ksas*. It's a pun, not a transcription.
Besides, there are a few cultural words beginning with {tIq}: {tIqa'
vIghro'} tika cat (type of animal), {tIqleH} tik'leth (type of weapon),
{tIqnagh} tknag (type of animal).
--
Voragh
Ca'Non Master of the Klingons