[88352] in tlhIngan-Hol
RE: puchpa' mu'mey
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Steven Boozer)
Mon Nov 22 13:05:00 2010
From: Steven Boozer <sboozer@uchicago.edu>
To: "tlhingan-hol@kli.org" <tlhingan-hol@kli.org>
Date: Mon, 22 Nov 2010 11:50:59 -0600
In-Reply-To: <1B93B6D0-6A0E-4D3C-8EDA-4CA37796858D@gmail.com>
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AFAIK there are no known words for these, although I'm sure several have been created by fandom. Qov mentioned a couple of non-official {mu'mey ru'} coined at the 2007 qep'a':
[qep'a'Daq] jatlh je [Okrand] not mu' moj <pIS> <SIt> je, Qutlaw'mo'
wabmey. maqIDmeH majalth <vaj DIlo'laH maH>."
[Qov, 8/02/2007]
So, although it seems un-Klingon to be squeamish about bodily functions, the only fairly understandable method I know is to use a metaphor with the verbs {tlhuch} "exhaust [i.e. waste products], vent" and {nIj} "leak" or the nouns {taQbang} "exhaust", {pugh} "dregs", {veQ} "garbage", etc.
--
Voragh
Ca'Non Master of the Klingons
>-----Original Message-----
>From: tlhingan-hol-bounce@kli.org [mailto:tlhingan-hol-bounce@kli.org]
>On Behalf Of lojmIt tI'wI' nuv
>
>Perhaps something so easily recognized by several senses needs no name.
>Or perhaps one of our curse words already means this, but Maltz hasn't
>has cause yet to point this out. We could easily come up with something
>a native English speaker could recognize, like 'o'lam, but most likely,
>this would be a rather bad guess at what a Klingon would call it. It
>would not mark you as a native speaker.
>
>
>On Nov 20, 2010, at 8:54 AM, "Michael Roney, Jr. PKT" <nahqun@gmail.com>
>wrote:
>> Well my current house has what is certainly a puchpa'.
>> It contains a toilet, a light fixture, and a toilet paper roll.
>> That's it. And that's pretty much all a true puchpa' needs.
>>
>> And speaking of the puch…
>> I'm currently sitting through "Elmo's Potty Time".
>> I may have asked this before, but do we have any terms for what one
>> puts in the toilet?
