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Re: qep'a' [mu'mey chu'?]

Steven Boozer ([email protected])



Jonathan Webley wrote:
> >wa'SaD mu'mey chu' nunob MO 'e' vInaj.  SughomchuqtaHvIS, chaq mu'mey chu'
> >nunob.  wItlhoblaH'a'?  mu'meyvam vIneH:
> >
> >*   bikini

Voragh:
>Maybe for sunbathing, but certainly not for swimming:
>
>KGT 91:  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.
>
>TKW 35:  The negative associations with water might also be seen when Worf
>remarked to Counselor Deanna Troi, "Swimming is too much like bathing."

If you're really stuck {SutHom machqu'} or even {SutHey}!




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Voragh
Ca'Non Master of the Klingons






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