[90536] in tlhIngan-Hol
Re: [Tlhingan-hol] Eurotalk - New Words - First Words
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Steven Boozer)
Mon Nov 7 14:34:44 2011
From: Steven Boozer <sboozer@uchicago.edu>
To: "tlhingan-hol@kli.org" <tlhingan-hol@kli.org>
Date: Mon, 7 Nov 2011 13:34:30 -0600
In-Reply-To: <CAMZYS2UFtXqNEfmnNbExzR7q--Nb0pOZCsx0zDpShR9JbX6RCQ@mail.gmail.com>
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> bus - lupwI'
> train - lupwI' mIr
Useful for any type of linked, multi-car transport (e.g. tram).
> taxi - ra'wI' lupwI'
"commander's jitney/bus"? There must be a pun here! (Is this a reference to some taxi company in Okrand's neck of the woods?)
> suitcases - leng buqmey'e'
> Where are the suitcases? nuqDaq bIH leng buqmey'e'?
A specific type of {tep}, for when you need to be specific? Cf.
teplIj yIwoH 'ej pa'lIjDaq yIjaH
Pick up your baggage and go to your room. CK
Cf. {luch} "equipment, gear" and {'aH} "paraphernalia".
> ticket - chaw'
> passport - leng chaw'
> credit card - Huch chaw'
> stamp - HIjmeH chaw'
Cf. also also {'elmeH chaw'} from the Washington Shakespeare Company:
'elmeH chaw'mey je'lu'ta'bogh
will-call tickets [WSC: sign on window]
> house - juH qach
{qach} used presumably when speaking about the building per se; otherwise optional? Cf.:
naDev juHlIjDaq cha'logh jISopneSchugh vaj jIquv
It would be an honor to eat twice here at your house, your Honor. PK
--
Voragh
Ca'Non Master of the Klingons
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