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Re: [Tlhingan-hol] I found a mistake in one of the new Klingon words

Robyn Stewart (robyn@flyingstart.ca) [KLI Member] [Hol po'wI']

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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-CA link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>jIQochbe’chu’. It never occurred to me that a towel might be a skin dryer. I read it exactly as André does.<br><br>I like that you are reading and interpreting and thinking about what words mean, so you understand rather than substitute meanings. Keep it up.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>- Qov<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>From:</span></b><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> André Müller [mailto:esperantist@gmail.com] <br><b>Sent:</b> March 17, 2015 9:32<br><b>To:</b> a.appleyard@btinternet.com<br><b>Cc:</b> tlhingan-hol@kli.org<br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [Tlhingan-hol] I found a mistake in one of the new Klingon words<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></p><div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal>I think it's not a mistake. We know that {DIr} can also refer to an animal's hide, or a piece of cloth made out of a hide, {DIrmey} refers to skins used for clothing. And in {QaDmoHwI' DIr} the first part doesn't necessarily have to be the possessor, it can also be a modifier. So I'd interprete the word, very literally translated, as a &quot;dry-maker skin&quot;.<o:p></o:p></p></div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'>Perhaps this tells us that Klingon towels are indeed made of animal skin, perhaps with the hairs still attached.<o:p></o:p></p></div><p class=MsoNormal>- André<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal>2015-03-17 17:26 GMT+01:00 Anthony Appleyard &lt;<a href="mailto:a.appleyard@btinternet.com"; target="_blank">a.appleyard@btinternet.com</a>&gt;:<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><a href="http://www.speakklingon.info/about-klingon/new-klingon-words/Q/"; target="_blank">http://www.speakklingon.info/about-klingon/new-klingon-words/Q/</a><br><br>says that<strong> QaDmoHwI' DIr</strong> is a noun meaning &quot;towel&quot;. But the compound is in the wrong order, and means &quot;the skin of that which makes (things) dry&quot;. &quot;That which makes the skin dry&quot; would be <b>DIr QaDmoHwI' </b>.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><br>_______________________________________________<br>Tlhingan-hol mailing list<br><a href="mailto:Tlhingan-hol@kli.org";>Tlhingan-hol@kli.org</a><br><a href="http://mail.kli.org/mailman/listinfo/tlhingan-hol"; target="_blank">http://mail.kli.org/mailman/listinfo/tlhingan-hol</a><o:p></o:p></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></p></div></div></body></html>
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