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RE: Help with a project

Terrence Donnelly ([email protected])

• From: Terrence Donnelly <[email protected]>
• Subject: RE: Help with a project
• Date: Tue, 9 Sep 2008 13:16:14 -0700 (PDT)
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--- On Tue, 9/9/08, Steven Boozer <[email protected]> wrote:
> > My latest project is {bebDaq ba'taHbogh Supghew
> yachwI'},
> 
> "{Supghew} strummer while he's sitting on the
> roof"
> Catchy, pithy title.  <g>
> 
> I'd drop {Suqghew}, as {yach} "pet, stroke, strum
> (a stringed instrument)" implies some king of {HurDagh}
> "stringed instrument".  

Isn't a {Supghew} a kind of {HurDagh}?  It's the smallest of the family, according to KGT, the best suited for playing on a roof.


> > yente (the matchmaker) - middle-aged woman
> 
> How did you translate "matchmaker"?  It seems
> there are several options:  *{tlhogh chenmoHwI'},
> *{naymoHwI'}, *{SawmoHwI'}, etc.
>

I was going out on a limb with {nal SamwI'}, although I also like {tlhogh chenmoHwI'}.
 
Now, how would you translate "prayer shawl"?  So far, I'm going with {quvmoHmeH mopHom}. And the "blessing for the Tzar" is the {tsarvaD quvmoHmeH SoQ}.

-- ter'eS

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