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Re: [Tlhingan-hol] 'atlhqam [was: Klingon WOTD: butlh (noun)]
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Steven Boozer)
Tue Oct 25 10:22:23 2011
From: Steven Boozer <sboozer@uchicago.edu>
To: "tlhingan-hol@kli.org" <tlhingan-hol@kli.org>
Date: Tue, 25 Oct 2011 09:21:57 -0500
In-Reply-To: <F52986192E9FE346B0B7EF3D6F98E87711BF8847@EXDB3.ug.kth.se>
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Hmm... so used broadly for any type of (alien?) fungus. I might have chosen just *{'atlh} as a general word for fungus, mildew, etc.
--
Voragh
Ca'Non Master of the Klingons
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Felix Malmenbeck [mailto:felixm@kth.se]
>
> Sorry for breaking the one month rule a bit, but I'd like to point out
> that the word 'atlhqam is used on the EuroTalk DVD, apparently as an
> approximation to describe either:
>
> 1) mushrooms in general
> 2) food mushrooms in general
> 3) "the common mushroom", Agaricus bisporus -
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Agaricus_bisporus
>
> One could perhaps see which of these is more likely by checking
> translations in other languages, or perhaps qe'San could shine some
> light on the matter.
>
> //loghaD
>
> ________________________________________
> From: Steven Boozer [sboozer@uchicago.edu]
>
> naHQun:
> > WRT {'atlhqam} I believe you may be confusing the pun with the
> > definition. It's "type of fungus", no mention of feet.
>
> Animal feet are mentioned:
>
> KGT 92: One way to bring fermentation about is to mix the food with a
> fungus (known as {'atlhqam}) usually scraped off the bottom of certain
> animals' feet, though it also grows on trees.
>
>
> --
> Voragh
> Ca'Non Master of the Klingons
>
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