tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Fri Jul 19 06:20:28 2013
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Re: [Tlhingan-hol] Klingon Word of the Day: chuy
QeS:
> I don't know it's really a pun as much as just sound-symbolism or
> onomatopoeia. We don't have much of that in Klingon - though note
> [...] tlhup} "whisper"
One of the few speech verbs not beginning with {ja-}. E.g.
jach scream, cry out
jang answer, reply
jat speak incoherently, mumble (slang)
jatlh say, speak
jatlhHa' say the wrong thing, misspeak
jaw chat
ja' report, tell
ja'chuq discuss, confer
--
Voragh
Ca'Non Master of the Klingons
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