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Re: [Tlhingan-hol] muD Duj SIrgh'a'

daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Steven Boozer)
Thu May 31 14:56:20 2012

From: Steven Boozer <sboozer@uchicago.edu>
To: "tlhingan-hol@kli.org" <tlhingan-hol@kli.org>
Date: Thu, 31 May 2012 18:56:12 +0000
In-Reply-To: <CAFK8js0hM8CPdJV2L3U8c975RJtz5pZdbZK8tRAwpyL96OU-Kw@mail.gmail.com>
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Voragh:
>> *{SIrgh'a'} lururbogh latlh mu'mey'e':
>> [...]
>> [Suggestions for translating "(Other) Similar words include" welcome.
>> We have {rur} "resemble" but lack the quality "be similar".

ghunchu'wI':
> Other than the obvious but easily accommodated difference in
> transitivity, what distinction in meaning do you see between
> "resemble" and "be similar"? Your translation seems fine to me,
> though I might leave off the {-bogh}.

Yep, much simpler:

 <X>} lurur mu'meyvam
 These words resemble "X"

Guess I got fixated on "similar" or "related".


--
Voragh
Ca'Non Master of the Klingons



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