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Re: [Tlhingan-hol] Indie Movie translation
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Robyn Stewart)
Thu Jul 23 03:23:54 2015
From: Robyn Stewart <robyn@flyingstart.ca>
In-Reply-To: <ACF6622D959A8842A81E4471BA56A7E05C32D3AF@xm-mbx-04-prod.ad.uchicago.edu>
Date: Wed, 22 Jul 2015 22:11:50 -0500
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I understood that the spirit she was summoning and addressing was going to retaliate on her behalf, but I'm kinda tired now, so if I have it backwards, someone can reverse it for me.
> On Jul 22, 2015, at 14:06, Steven Boozer <sboozer@uchicago.edu> wrote:
>
> Chelsea:
>>> The Warlock is pulled between our dimension and another. In that space
>>> between the two dimensions, a spirit attacks him and Ivy has her revenge.
>
> Qov:
>> wovwI' SuD, wovwI' SuD.
>> DIn DabwI', bortaSwIj DayobmeH HIghoS.
>>
>> "Green light, green light. Dweller at the threshold, come to me in order
>> to harvest my vengeance."
>>
>> DIn is the open area just before a passage. I chose that over loOr because
>> I'm not sure that a door is involved. So interpret the threshold as being
>> the space between realms.
>
> Oh, nice. I forgot all about {Din}:
>
> HQ 12.2: For the end of a longish enclosed space that one is typically inside of or experiences from the inside, such as a corridor, tunnel, or conduit (say, a Jeffries tube or a branch of the sewers of Paris), a different word is used: {qa'rI'}. This is the only word; it's used for both (or all) ends. The open entryway leading into such a space is called a {Din}. If there's a door there, it's referred to by the usual word for door, {lojmIt}.
>
>> jIHvaD bInoDmeH would be fine, if you're not attached to the agriculture
>> metaphor.[]
>
> "In order for you [Warlock] to be avenged on me [Ivy]"
>
> Hmm... I think you've got that backwards. If Ivy is speaking/chanting shouldn't that be {SoHvaD jInoDmeH} "In order for me [Ivy] to be avenged on you [Warlock]"?
>
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