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[Tlhingan-hol] Can you knot?
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Lieven)
Wed Nov 12 16:32:14 2014
Date: Wed, 12 Nov 2014 22:31:57 +0100
From: Lieven <levinius@gmx.de>
To: "tlhingan-hol@stodi.digitalkingdom.org"
<tlhingan-hol@stodi.digitalkingdom.org>
Errors-To: tlhingan-hol-bounces@kli.org
- Can you knot?
- I cannot.
- So you can knot?
After giving us the word for "knitting", Maltz just revealed another
useful and related word: it's {meS} and means "knot", both as noun and
verb. The object of the verb is the thing you use to make a knot, e.g.
{tlhegh vImeS} - "I make a knot in the rope". To loosen the knot, simply
say {meSHa'}.
Maltz also said that now that everyone knows the word {meS}, he can add
that {meS} is a frequently used slang term for "encrypt". Similarly,
{meSHa'} means "decrypt".
(PS: for archivers: the first paragraph are my own words, the second
paragraph are Okrand's)
Qapla'
--
Lieven L. Litaer
aka Quvar valer 'utlh
http://www.facebook.com/Klingonteacher
http://wiki.qepHom.de
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