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Re: [Tlhingan-hol] TKD surprises
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Felix Malmenbeck)
Thu Nov 15 12:09:21 2012
From: Felix Malmenbeck <felixm@kth.se>
To: Robyn Stewart <robyn@flyingstart.ca>, tlhIngan-Hol <tlhingan-hol@kli.org>
Date: Thu, 15 Nov 2012 17:08:49 +0000
In-Reply-To: <7684A517-FC7A-4A88-A719-54C994EF6611@flyingstart.ca>
Errors-To: tlhingan-hol-bounces@stodi.digitalkingdom.org
One of my favorites is {pom}, meaning "dysentery". Interesting how it's one of the very few medical conditions we have words for!
Also, {Hu} ("zoo") and {'aH} ("paraphernalia").
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From: Robyn Stewart [robyn@flyingstart.ca]
Sent: Thursday, November 15, 2012 17:33
To: tlhIngan-Hol
Subject: Re: [Tlhingan-hol] TKD surprises
They've been there for so long they aren't surprising anymore. I'm partial to HaQchor, as I remember needing it, but it being useless because no one else knew it. They do now!
On 2012-11-15, at 7:00, Steven Boozer <sboozer@uchicago.edu> wrote:
> Voragh:
>>> KGT 93f.: It is also not unusual to {HaH} (marinate) or {roghmoH} (ferment) >>various sorts of {naH} (fruit, vegetable). One common dish is a torpedo->>shaped fruit called {peb'ot}, which is soaked in a {chanDoq} (marinade). The >>fully marinated {peb'ot} is called a {Hurgh}.
>>>
>>> In my notes I have it listed as:
>>>
>>> {Hurgh} pickle (cucumber) (n.) KGT
>>>
>>> Is this the listing in the KGT glossary? (I don't have it with me.)
>
> Klingonteacher wrote:
>> Actually, this is the exact entry of TKD, not KGT.
>
> Duly noted. I must have assumed it was from KGT because of the quote.
>
> I'm always surprised at the unexpected vocabulary in TKD: e.g. {nIvnav} pajamas, {mavjop} paper clip, {quHvaj} dandruff, {ngav} writer's cramp, {ghItlh} manuscript.
>
> ghItlh vIghItlhta'bogh DalaD'a'
> Will you read my manuscript? TKD
>
> ... presumably referring to the manuscript of TKD Okrand was working on. <g>
>
> Anyone have any others?
>
>
>
> --
> Voragh
> Ca'Non Master of the Klingons
>
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