[85282] in tlhIngan-Hol
RE: Snow?
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (DloraH)
Thu Feb 12 19:15:27 2009
From: "DloraH" <seruq@bellsouth.net>
To: <tlhingan-hol@kli.org>
Date: Thu, 12 Feb 2009 18:13:20 -0600
In-Reply-To: <5AD38E80BE99A14DA9DE1BDA9F04A95B06E617@main-server.juH.Seruq-tuq.net>
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> >But how do I talk about the white stuff on the ground?
>
> {yavDaq tulu' Hap chIS! nuq 'oH?}
>
> >What I don't know, is how to talk about snow the noun.
>
> Well, there's the noun {chuch} "ice" and the verbs {bIr} "be
> cold", {taD} "be frozen", {tet} "melt" and {yIQ} "be wet".
>
> You could try *{chuchHom} but you would have to explain
> yourself or people might think you're talking about ice
> cubes. The only other think I can think of at the moment is
> {bIQ tet} "frozen water" - but how would that be different
> from {chuch} "ice"?
>
> An obvious work-around is to describe snow indirectly or allude to it:
>
> peDtaHmo' Dat chIS yav.
>
> but that doesn't really answer your question.
chaq /bIQ qut/ lo'.
DloraH
