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Re: [Tlhingan-hol] Eurotalk - New Words - Shopping
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (David Trimboli)
Wed Nov 2 16:20:45 2011
Date: Wed, 02 Nov 2011 16:20:25 -0400
From: David Trimboli <david@trimboli.name>
To: tlhingan-hol@stodi.digitalkingdom.org
In-Reply-To: <C305E6BD33E2654DAE1F8F403247B6A6031E43D02BFA@EVS02.ad.uchicago.edu>
Errors-To: tlhingan-hol-bounces@stodi.digitalkingdom.org
On 11/2/2011 4:16 PM, Steven Boozer wrote:
>
> Qov:
>
>>> camera - mIllogh qonwI'
>>> film - mIllogh qonwI' qoSta'
>>> cassette - wab qoSta' 'aplo'
>>> batteries - 'ul 'aplo'mey
>>
>> I had no guess and nothing but open mouthed astonishment at the least
>> useful word in the list engendering two new Klingon words.
>
> qoSta'? 'aplo'??
I think Qov means that "cassette" is the least useful *English* word in
the list. The two new Klingon words seem to be quite useful. Here's my
take on them:
qoSta' - strip, tape (not necessarily sticky) (n)
'aplo' - container (n)
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SuStel
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