[89305] in tlhIngan-Hol
Re: Mandatory Introduction
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (MorphemeAddict)
Wed Aug 31 15:13:15 2011
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From: MorphemeAddict <lytlesw@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 31 Aug 2011 15:05:09 -0400
To: tlhingan-hol@kli.org
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I didn't know that Alexander *ever* spoke Klingon. He didn't exactly embrace
the culture as his own.
lay'tel SIvten
On Wed, Aug 31, 2011 at 2:23 PM, Gaerfindel <gaerfindel@hotmail.com> wrote:
> On 8/31/2011 1:59 PM, David Trimboli wrote:
> > I heartily approve of {wIjwI'Hom} and {Du'Hom} for "gardener" and
> "garden." What is a farmer but a gardener on a larger scale? Remember,
> {-Hom} doesn't necessarily mean the noun is smaller; it just means the noun
> is a more minor version that it would be without the {-Hom}.
> >
> > SuStel
> > http://www.trimboli.name/
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: tlhingan-hol-bounce@kli.org [mailto:tlhingan-hol-bounce@kli.org]
> On Behalf Of André Müller
> > Sent: Wednesday, August 31, 2011 10:46 AM
> > To: tlhingan-hol@kli.org
> > Subject: Re: Mandatory Introduction
> >
> > Welcome David,
> > There's no word for gardener or garden, but you can construct something
> like "little farmer": wIjwI'Hom :) Or, if you want, "little planter":
> pochwI'Hom Phonetically, wouldn't something like *jarDIyna' come closer?
> SuStel makes a good point about -Hom, but I think I'll use *jarDIyna
> tuq* when being formal. Alexander Rozhenko didn't say "wor'Iv puqloD"
> when he joined the Rotarran's crew, did he?
>
> quljIb
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