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[Tlhingan-hol] Puns!
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Fri Oct 30 17:04:25 2015
Date: Fri, 30 Oct 2015 22:04:08 +0100
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While typing up the new words into my Lexique Pro database, I noticed some
more puns.
{yu'muD} =3D form (to be filled out)
For this one, I'd say 'questionnaire' might also be a fitting (albeit
non-canonical) translation... guess why.
{nIqDob} =3D perforator, hole punch
A tool for making holes into thin material... I was curious and googled for
"bodkin", have a look!
{Ha'on} =3D staple
It reads "Noah" backwards... well, Noah also always put two together,
somehow, but perhaps there is another person with that name. Maybe a Noah
Stapler, Noah Staples, something like that... I don't know.
{ghogh'ot} =3D bill
Hmm... an "invoice" is a kind of bill, too. {ghogh} means 'voice', maybe
*{'ot} should remind one of "out"... a voice-out? Any better idea?
{tenwal} =3D page
It reads "lawnet" backwards. Maybe there's a relation to that. I didn't
find much that directly relate to pages...
{'alnIl} =3D buckle (of a belt)
What sounds like "alnil" and has to do with belts? Hmm... think of Orion! :=
)
{Su'nIm} =3D profile (of a shoe, fingerprint, etc.)
It reads "minus" backwards. Maybe because the profile of a shoe is the
negative of the print it leaves in the mud?
{yang} =3D stamp's image
The Chinese word for the mark left by a stamp is "yin", but that word was
already taken. Well, such is life... ;)
{HeySel} =3D atom
The clue is: Belgium.
{qol'om} =3D gold
Someone had already suggested something for this, but when I saw it, I
thought of gold as a precious metal. Who else likes precious things more
than he should?
...there must be many more. Some look very much like puns, but didn't ring
a bell. Like the {wa'chaw / wev / war} triplet...
I really enjoyed the new word list!
- Andr=C3=A9
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<div dir=3D"ltr"><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><di=
v><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div>While typing up th=
e new words into my Lexique Pro database, I noticed some more puns.<br><br>=
</div>{yu'muD} =3D form (to be filled out)<br></div>For this one, I'=
;d say 'questionnaire' might also be a fitting (albeit non-canonica=
l) translation... guess why.<br><br></div>{nIqDob} =3D perforator, hole pun=
ch<br></div>A tool for making holes into thin material... I was curious and=
googled for "bodkin", have a look!<br><br></div>{Ha'on} =3D =
staple<br></div>It reads "Noah" backwards... well, Noah also alwa=
ys put two together, somehow, but perhaps there is another person with that=
name. Maybe a Noah Stapler, Noah Staples, something like that... I don'=
;t know.<br><br></div>{ghogh'ot} =3D bill<br></div>Hmm... an "invo=
ice" is a kind of bill, too. {ghogh} means 'voice', maybe *{&#=
39;ot} should remind one of "out"... a voice-out? Any better idea=
?<br><br></div>{tenwal} =3D page<br></div>It reads "lawnet" backw=
ards. Maybe there's a relation to that. I didn't find much that dir=
ectly relate to pages...<br><br></div>{'alnIl} =3D buckle (of a belt)<b=
r></div>What sounds like "alnil" and has to do with belts? Hmm...=
think of Orion! :)<br><br></div>{Su'nIm} =3D profile (of a shoe, finge=
rprint, etc.)<br></div>It reads "minus" backwards. Maybe because =
the profile of a shoe is the negative of the print it leaves in the mud?<br=
><br></div>{yang} =3D stamp's image<br></div>The Chinese word for the m=
ark left by a stamp is "yin", but that word was already taken. We=
ll, such is life... ;)<br><br></div>{HeySel} =3D atom<br></div>The clue is:=
Belgium.<br><br></div>{qol'om} =3D gold<br></div>Someone had already s=
uggested something for this, but when I saw it, I thought of gold as a prec=
ious metal. Who else likes precious things more than he should?<br><br></di=
v>...there must be many more. Some look very much like puns, but didn't=
ring a bell. Like the {wa'chaw / wev / war} triplet...<br><br></div>I =
really enjoyed the new word list!<br></div>- Andr=C3=A9<br></div>
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