[88498] in tlhIngan-Hol
Re: News from Maltz
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Zrajm C Akfohg)
Fri Dec 24 23:45:40 2010
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From: Zrajm C Akfohg <zrajm@klingonska.org>
Date: Sat, 25 Dec 2010 05:32:41 +0100
To: tlhingan-hol@kli.org
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Looking through some old postings on this mailing lists to find words
that I might have missed and should include in the Klingonska
Akademien dictionary, I found the following which I simply cannot make
sense of:
On Tue, Jul 28, 2009 at 04:40, ghunchu'wI' <qunchuy@alcaco.net> wrote:
> 2) The noun {vIl} is hard to define. Maltz had given a description
> of something which was immediately recognized as a speed bump by
> everyone present, but it was apparently intended not as an actual
> definition but as an example of something which is "just there".
> There is obviously an etymological relationship with and {vIlle'},
> which is currently the best clue we have to its true meaning.
> ["Groupie" and "entourage" were suggested by those present at the
> time, but Marc didn't think they fit.]
Does the noun {vIl} refer to a "speed bump"? Or does it mean
"something which/someone who is just there"? Or does it have some
meaning similar to "groupie"/"entourage" (but not quite that)?
*scratches head in perplexion*
/maHvatlh
