[91638] in tlhIngan-Hol
Re: [Tlhingan-hol] Klingon architecture
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Felix Malmenbeck)
Tue Jan 10 05:01:33 2012
From: Felix Malmenbeck <felixm@kth.se>
To: Lieven Litaer <lieven.litaer@web.de>, "tlhingan-hol@kli.org"
<tlhingan-hol@kli.org>
Date: Tue, 10 Jan 2012 10:01:08 +0000
In-Reply-To: <4F0BFF74.7070501@web.de>
Errors-To: tlhingan-hol-bounces@stodi.digitalkingdom.org
ghItlhta' Quvar:
>> It might be similar to the English "lay, lay down". One lays (down)
>> roofs, bricks, pipes, tiles, and wires. OTOH one installs electrical
>> systems.
>
> Perhaps Klingons use the same word for both things? ;-)
wa' mu' lulo' Suverya'nganpu'.
att l=E4gga golv - to lay flooring
att l=E4gga tak - to lay roofing
att l=E4gga ledningar - to lay circuits/wires
att l=E4gga kabel - to lay cable [NOTE: Google reveals that this also has a=
rather unfortunate slang colloquial interpretation, vaj Suverya' DaSuchbog=
h mu'tlheghvam yIghuH]
(the phrase "att dra ledningar" ("to pull circuits") is also commonly used)
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