[84698] in tlhIngan-Hol
Re: SoSwI' SoH'a'?
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Steven Boozer)
Mon May 19 11:36:14 2008
Date: Mon, 19 May 2008 10:34:14 -0500
To: tlhingan-hol@kli.org
From: Steven Boozer <sboozer@uchicago.edu>
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At 06:25 PM Sunday 5/18/2008, naHQun wrote:
>Since the animals in this book can speak, the baby bird refers to his
>mother as SoSwI', not SoSwIj.
>I realize that the Klingon animals I used don't necesarily match to
>the Terran animals in the book, I'm fine with that.
>My only question (besides pointing out errors), is how to say 'nest'
>and 'snort'.
For "nest" I suggest *{QImDaq} "place {Daq} for eggs {QIm}. Then you can
contrast the similar-sounding {QImDaj} "her egg" with *{QImDaq} "nest" and
even say *QImDaqDaq} "in the nest" - which probably sounds funny to a child.
For "snort" we have a variety of breathy verbs available:
HQ 12.4, p.8: The word for "breath" is {tlhuH}, and that for "breathe" is
also {tlhuH}. To breathe in, or "inhale", is {pur}; to breathe out, or
"exhale", is {rech}. To breathe noisily, or {wheeze}, is {jev} [...] To
breathe even more noisily, or "snore", is {wuD}.
Other verbs include {chuy} sneeze, {Hob} yawn, ruq belch, {tuS} cough,
{tlhov} wheeze (synonym of {jev}).
--
Voragh
Ca'Non Master of the Klingons
