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Re: [Tlhingan-hol] paq'batlh: "UNOBVIOUS" WORDS AND PHRASES

daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (ghunchu'wI' 'utlh)
Mon Nov 28 22:03:05 2011

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From: "ghunchu'wI' 'utlh" <qunchuy@alcaco.net>
Date: Mon, 28 Nov 2011 22:02:28 -0500
To: tlhIngan Hol email discussion forum <tlhingan-hol@kli.org>
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On Sat, Nov 26, 2011 at 5:05 PM, Agnieszka Solska <agnpau1@hotmail.com> wro=
te:
> {wIjwI' yan} =96 n. plough (pp 142-143)

You have apparently misread lines 5-6 of the Klingon:

{...chaHvaD
nIb yan wIjwI' jan je}

"They don't know how to distinguish
A sword from a plough!"

The phrase used for "plough" is {wIjwI' jan}, literally "farmer's device".

-- ghunchu'wI'

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