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Re: [Tlhingan-hol] I found a mistake in one of the new Klingon words
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Tue Mar 17 12:32:26 2015
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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 "dry-maker skin".
Perhaps this tells us that Klingon towels are indeed made of animal skin,
perhaps with the hairs still attached.
- Andr=C3=A9
2015-03-17 17:26 GMT+01:00 Anthony Appleyard <a.appleyard@btinternet.com>:
> http://www.speakklingon.info/about-klingon/new-klingon-words/Q/
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> says that* QaDmoHwI' DIr* is a noun meaning "towel". But the compound is
> in the wrong order, and means "the skin of that which makes (things) dry"=
.
> "That which makes the skin dry" would be *DIr QaDmoHwI' *.
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<div dir=3D"ltr"><div><div>I think it's not a mistake. We know that {DI=
r} 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' D=
Ir} 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 transla=
ted, as a "dry-maker skin".<br></div>Perhaps this tells us that K=
lingon towels are indeed made of animal skin, perhaps with the hairs still =
attached.<br><br></div>- Andr=C3=A9<br></div><div class=3D"gmail_extra"><br=
><div class=3D"gmail_quote">2015-03-17 17:26 GMT+01:00 Anthony Appleyard <s=
pan dir=3D"ltr"><<a href=3D"mailto:a.appleyard@btinternet.com" target=3D=
"_blank">a.appleyard@btinternet.com</a>></span>:<br><blockquote class=3D=
"gmail_quote" style=3D"margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding=
-left:1ex"><a href=3D"http://www.speakklingon.info/about-klingon/new-klingo=
n-words/Q/" target=3D"_blank">http://www.speakklingon.info/about-klingon/ne=
w-klingon-words/Q/</a><br><br>says that<strong><span> QaDmoHwI' DIr</sp=
an></strong><span><span></span></span> is a noun meaning "towel".=
But the compound is in the wrong order, and means "the skin of that w=
hich makes (things) dry". "That which makes the skin dry" wo=
uld be <b>DIr QaDmoHwI' </b>.<br><br><p></p><br>_______________________=
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