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Re: puchpa'?

Steven Boozer ([email protected])



naHQun:
> > One of the rooms has a toilet and a sink. Obviously a puchpa'.
> > The other room has a shower and a sink. Obviously not a puchpa'.
> > So what is it?

SuStel:
>>Say'moHmeH pa'

ghunchu'wI':
>pa'vam lo' yIqel.  Say'eghmoH lo'wI' qar'a'?  chaq Say'moHmeH pa'
>vIpong.  chaq jIbuD 'ej jIjatlh Say'meH pa'.  chaq jIqID 'ej jIjatlh
>SISmeH pa'.

*{HaH'eghmoH pa'}?

   The verb {HaH} [...] is now often used in the more general sense
   of "soak, drench".  It is frequently heard in the reflexive form
   ({HaH'egh} "soak oneself") in reference to such activities as
   drinking a great deal, which has positive connotations, and bathing,
   an occasional undertaking with negative connotations.  (KGT 91)

or even *{bIQpa'}??

   The negative associations with water might also be seen when Worf
   remarked to Counselor Deanna Troi, "Swimming is too much like bathing."
   (TKW 35)

or even more negatively *{'Ibpa'}???

   A square or rectangular tub used to hold food while it is fermenting
   is called a {'Ib}  (KGT 97)




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Voragh
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