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Re: [tlhIngan Hol] Klingon Word of the Day: SoSbor
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (nIqolay Q)
Thu Aug 17 16:54:38 2017
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Date: Thu, 17 Aug 2017 16:54:35 -0400
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On Thu, Aug 17, 2017 at 4:49 PM, kechpaja <kechpaja@comcast.net> wrote:
> Do we have an (in-universe) etymology for this word? The {SoS} element
> suggests that it might have once meant "womb" or something similar, and
> then drifted to the meaning of "core".
Very few words are given in-universe etymologies. Also, most multi-syllable
root words will have single-syllable words contained in them, so I don't
think it's necessarily significant in-universe that {SoSbor} is made of the
words for "mother" and "gurgle".
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<div dir=3D"ltr"><div class=3D"gmail_extra"><div class=3D"gmail_quote">On T=
hu, Aug 17, 2017 at 4:49 PM, kechpaja <span dir=3D"ltr"><<a href=3D"mail=
to:kechpaja@comcast.net" target=3D"_blank">kechpaja@comcast.net</a>></sp=
an> wrote:<br><blockquote class=3D"gmail_quote" style=3D"margin:0 0 0 .8ex;=
border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><span class=3D"">
</span>Do we have an (in-universe) etymology for this word? The {SoS} eleme=
nt<br>
suggests that it might have once meant "womb" or something simila=
r, and<br>
then drifted to the meaning of "core".</blockquote></div><br></di=
v><div class=3D"gmail_extra">Very few words are given in-universe etymologi=
es. Also, most multi-syllable root words will have single-syllable words co=
ntained in them, so I don't think it's necessarily significant in-u=
niverse that {SoSbor} is made of the words for "mother" and "=
;gurgle".<br></div></div>
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