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Re: [tlhIngan Hol] Hovercraft
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Lieven)
Sun Jul 9 15:28:33 2017
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Date: Sun, 9 Jul 2017 21:28:21 +0200
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Am 08.07.2017 um 23:32 schrieb Jeremy Silver:
> I've been re-visiting a few things recently, and one is a certain phrase or
> saying concerning eels.
>
> We got a new word not too long ago, IIRC from the Air and Space Museum app:
> 'al v float (in/on air)
>
> That would seem to be a perfect substitute for the word "hover", I would
> think.
>
> So would the experts here agree if either an:
> {'albogh Duj}
> or an
> {'almeH Duj}
> would work for a hovercraft?
Apart from what {'al} really means (See Alan's mail) I wouldprefer the
bogh version, because the device is not made "to float", but it float
itself. So: {'albogh Duj} "floating ship" or "ship which floats".
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Lieven L. Litaer
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