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RE: vocabulary question (nitpicking)

Jonathan Webley ([email protected])



{QIch} is "speech (vocal sounds)".

IMHO, the gloss implies that it refers to the ability to speak; as sight is
the ability to see.
	Humans have speech. Plants are mute.
	Humans have sight. Plants are blind.

Whereas, {SoQ} is an oration made by somebody at a lecture or qep'a'.


-----Original Message-----
From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On
Behalf Of Lieven Litaer
Sent: 30 September 2007 13:22
To: [email protected]
Subject: vocabulary question (nitpicking)

jen!

tlhIngan mu'tay' vIpojqa'ba'.
nuq 'oS *QIch*?

What does QIch mean?
It's translation is "speech", and we also have 
speech as "lecture, address" which is SoQ.

Is now {QIch} also a "speech" something spoken by a person at a wedding, for
instance, or is this word used linguistically, i.e. the way to prounounce
things?

A conon phrase would help a lot already!

Greetz,
Quvar.
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