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Re: [Tlhingan-hol] Klingon Word of the Day: 'atlhqam
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Felix Malmenbeck)
Fri Jun 1 10:56:25 2012
From: Felix Malmenbeck <felixm@kth.se>
To: Steven Boozer <sboozer@uchicago.edu>, "tlhingan-hol@kli.org"
<tlhingan-hol@kli.org>
Date: Fri, 1 Jun 2012 14:55:00 +0000
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> And on Earth, apparently on the ground: cf. {tera' yav 'atlhqam} "mushroo=
ms" (TNK).
It'd be interesting to know what exactly this is referring to.
The English and French versions say "mushrooms" and "des champignons", resp=
ectively, which are generic words referring to all manner of mushrooms. How=
ever, they are quite frequently used to refer specifically to Agaricus bisp=
orus (known as "button mushrooms" or "champignons de Paris"), which is also=
what the picture appears to show. Same goes for "unos champi=F1ones", whic=
h is used in the Spanish version.
Other language versions use words that lack the generic meaning (Swedish, D=
anish...), or which lack the specific meaning (Norwegian...), or which have=
the same generic meaning but a different specific meaning (the Italian "i =
funghi" apparently refers either to mushrooms/fungi in general, or specific=
ally to toadstools).
My personal guess is that what's meant is any Terran food mushroom that gro=
ws on the ground, and 'atlhqam is used because that's the most common food =
mushrooms among Klingons.
In many places of the world, that will usually mean button mushrooms, but i=
t could probably refer to chanterelles, porcinos, truffles and morels, as w=
ell. However, they might not use it to refer to inedible ground mushrooms (=
though Klingons and humans would perhaps argue on which mushrooms are edibl=
e and which are not; perhaps the sound of "European destroying angel" is to=
o tempting for a Klingon to pass up).
________________________________________
From: Steven Boozer [sboozer@uchicago.edu]
Sent: Friday, June 01, 2012 16:16
To: tlhingan-hol@kli.org
Subject: Re: [Tlhingan-hol] Klingon Word of the Day: 'atlhqam
> Klingon word: 'atlhqam
> Part of speech: noun
> Definition: type of fungus
Never used in a sentence.
KGT 92: One way to bring fermentation about is to mix the food with a fung=
us (known as {'atlhqam}) usually scraped off the bottom of certain animals'=
feet, though it also grows on trees.
And on Earth, apparently on the ground: cf. {tera' yav 'atlhqam} "mushrooms=
" (TNK).
PUN:
"athlete's foot"!
Related words (sort of):
butlh dirt under fingernails
quHvaj dandruff
HuH bile, gall, slime
--
Voragh
Ca'Non Master of the Klingons
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