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Re: [Tlhingan-hol] Puns!
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (qurgh lungqIj)
Fri Oct 30 17:10:32 2015
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Date: Fri, 30 Oct 2015 17:10:17 -0400
From: qurgh lungqIj <qurgh@wizage.net>
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You missed one that I liked.
Who grants wishes? Jinn do (aka genie).
qurgh
On Oct 30, 2015 5:06 PM, "Andr=C3=A9 M=C3=BCller" <esperantist@gmail.com> w=
rote:
> While typing up the new words into my Lexique Pro database, I noticed som=
e
> 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 rin=
g
> a bell. Like the {wa'chaw / wev / war} triplet...
>
> I really enjoyed the new word list!
> - Andr=C3=A9
>
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<p dir=3D"ltr">You missed one that I liked. </p>
<p dir=3D"ltr">Who grants wishes?=C2=A0 Jinn do (aka genie).</p>
<p dir=3D"ltr">qurgh</p>
<div class=3D"gmail_quote">On Oct 30, 2015 5:06 PM, "Andr=C3=A9 M=C3=
=BCller" <<a href=3D"mailto:esperantist@gmail.com">esperantist@gmai=
l.com</a>> wrote:<br type=3D"attribution"><blockquote class=3D"gmail_quo=
te" style=3D"margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"=
><div dir=3D"ltr"><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><d=
iv><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div>While typing up t=
he 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=
9;d say 'questionnaire' might also be a fitting (albeit non-canonic=
al) translation... guess why.<br><br></div>{nIqDob} =3D perforator, hole pu=
nch<br></div>A tool for making holes into thin material... I was curious an=
d googled for "bodkin", have a look!<br><br></div>{Ha'on} =3D=
staple<br></div>It reads "Noah" backwards... well, Noah also alw=
ays put two together, somehow, but perhaps there is another person with tha=
t name. Maybe a Noah Stapler, Noah Staples, something like that... I don=
9;t know.<br><br></div>{ghogh'ot} =3D bill<br></div>Hmm... an "inv=
oice" is a kind of bill, too. {ghogh} means 'voice', maybe *{&=
#39;ot} should remind one of "out"... a voice-out? Any better ide=
a?<br><br></div>{tenwal} =3D page<br></div>It reads "lawnet" back=
wards. Maybe there's a relation to that. I didn't find much that di=
rectly relate to pages...<br><br></div>{'alnIl} =3D buckle (of a belt)<=
br></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, fing=
erprint, 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?<b=
r><br></div>{yang} =3D stamp's image<br></div>The Chinese word for the =
mark left by a stamp is "yin", but that word was already taken. W=
ell, 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 =
suggested something for this, but when I saw it, I thought of gold as a pre=
cious metal. Who else likes precious things more than he should?<br><br></d=
iv>...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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