[1361] in tlhIngan-Hol
Re: Question from STrek-l
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU)
Fri Jul 23 14:11:25 1993
Reply-To: "Klingon Language List" <tlhIngan-Hol@village.boston.ma.us>
From: erich@bush.cs.tamu.edu (Erich Schneider)
To: "Klingon Language List" <tlhIngan-Hol@village.boston.ma.us>
Date: Fri, 23 Jul 93 11:41:57 CDT
In-Reply-To: <1993Jul22.003735.125289@foxmail.gfc.edu> (Chris_Benham@foxmail.gf
c.edu)
>From: Chris_Benham@foxmail.gfc.edu
>Date: Thu, 22 Jul 1993 00:37:35 PST
>
>>My vote is for yInpu'wI' chISlaw', though I'm open for suggestions. It
>>doesn't exactly roll off the tongue when calling a cat, but they could always
>>call it yInpu' for short.
>
>This is my first real crack at translation and all that. Now, if I did this
>correctly I think this says (roughly): "My apparently white lives". Is this
>correct?
>Pu' being the plural
>wI' being possessive
>yIn being lives (I'm assuming the noun)
>chiS being white
>law' being apparently or seemingly
>
>Am I right?
Well, we're trying for "grey ghost". chISlaw' is "apparently white" -
similar to English "off-white" - for "grey".
The assumption of the noun form for "yIn" is incorrect. Taking it to
be a verb gives "yInpu'", "it has lived", "yInpu'wI'", "one who has
lived" or "thing which has lived", for "ghost".
-QumpIn 'avrIn
erich@bush.cs.tamu.edu
