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Re: [Tlhingan-hol] 'atlhqam [was: Klingon WOTD: butlh (noun)]
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Steven Boozer)
Tue Oct 25 10:26:27 2011
From: Steven Boozer <sboozer@uchicago.edu>
To: "tlhingan-hol@kli.org" <tlhingan-hol@kli.org>
Date: Tue, 25 Oct 2011 09:26:11 -0500
In-Reply-To: <C305E6BD33E2654DAE1F8F403247B6A6031E43B6924A@EVS02.ad.uchicago.edu>
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Oops... let me revise that to "any type of edible fungus"!
--
Voragh
Ca'Non Master of the Klingons
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Steven Boozer [mailto:sboozer@uchicago.edu]
>
> 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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