[89027] in tlhIngan-Hol
Re: mu'mey chu': jul
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Philip Newton)
Thu Aug 18 03:17:53 2011
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From: Philip Newton <philip.newton@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 18 Aug 2011 09:09:32 +0200
To: tlhingan-hol@kli.org
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On Wed, Aug 17, 2011 at 22:01, Steven Boozer <sboozer@uchicago.edu> wrote:
> Voragh:
>> chaq lugh Felix. Though the etymology of *yule* is uncertain [...] it is celebrated during the winter
>> SOLstice.
>
> Also, the obvious pun {Sol} wasn't available as Okrand had already used it for the verb "quarrel".
There are lots of words which have completely different meanings as
nouns and as verbs (e.g. bor, choS, DIS, Doch, Dub, ghor, ...); I
don't think a verb "quarrel" would block a noun "sun".
Cheers,
Philip
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Philip Newton <philip.newton@gmail.com>
