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[Tlhingan-hol] [tlhIngan Hol] Cantonese (was:Re: Eurotalk - New
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Gaerfindel)
Thu Nov 17 12:46:02 2011
Date: Thu, 17 Nov 2011 12:45:39 -0500
From: Gaerfindel <gaerfindel@hotmail.com>
To: tlhingan-hol@stodi.digitalkingdom.org
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That's how I came up with the term <veDDIr lung> to mean "ermine; stole;
or any long, furry animal [mammal] hunted for its pelt."
Here's a little something for fun:
<<law' veDDIr lungmey wam Qorvalth. ngo'mo' yIvbeH luchenmoH loDnI'nal
be'nI' je'. chenmoHmo' lo' veDDIr wov' veDDIr Hurgh.
Qorvatlh luHemmoH.>>
~quljIb
On 11/17/2011 11:53 AM, Steven Boozer wrote:
> Okrand may have used Cantonese before:
>
> WRT {lung} *loong* "type of lizardlike animal": "Perhaps a pun on the Chinese word for dragon? In Mandarin, the word is Romanized as *lung* (Wade-Giles) or *long* (pinyin), and takes the second tone. In Cantonese, it's usually Romanized as *lung* (fourth tone), although it's also the *loon* in Kowloon." (Stephen Carter)
>
> WRT {yan} "sword": In Cantonese, *yahn* means "edge of a sword" (lay'tel SIvten)
>
>
> --
> Voragh
> Ca'Non Master of the Klingons
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<font face="Times New Roman, Times, serif">That's how I came up with
the term <veDDIr lung> to mean "ermine; stole; or any long,
furry animal [mammal] hunted for its pelt."<br>
<br>
Here's a little something for fun:<br>
<br>
<<law' veDDIr lungmey wam Qorvalth. ngo'mo' yIvbeH
luchenmoH loDnI'nal be'nI' je'. chenmoHmo' lo' veDDIr wov' veDDIr
Hurgh.<br>
Qorvatlh luHemmoH.>><br>
<br>
~quljIb</font><br>
On 11/17/2011 11:53 AM, Steven Boozer wrote:
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<pre wrap="">Okrand may have used Cantonese before:
WRT {lung} *loong* "type of lizardlike animal": "Perhaps a pun on the Chinese word for dragon? In Mandarin, the word is Romanized as *lung* (Wade-Giles) or *long* (pinyin), and takes the second tone. In Cantonese, it's usually Romanized as *lung* (fourth tone), although it's also the *loon* in Kowloon." (Stephen Carter)
WRT {yan} "sword": In Cantonese, *yahn* means "edge of a sword" (lay'tel SIvten)
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Ca'Non Master of the Klingons
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