[95012] in tlhIngan-Hol
Re: [Tlhingan-hol] TKD surprises
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Rohan Fenwick - QeS 'utlh)
Thu Nov 15 23:21:11 2012
From: Rohan Fenwick - QeS 'utlh <qeslagh@hotmail.com>
To: <tlhingan-hol@kli.org>
Date: Fri, 16 Nov 2012 14:20:45 +1000
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ghItlhpu' Felix=2C jatlh:
> One of my favorites is {pom}=2C meaning "dysentery". Interesting how it's=
one of the very few medical conditions we have words for!
Coincidentally (or perhaps not)=2C another one is very similar: {poq} "indi=
gestion". (I wonder if there could be a connection with {porgh}?) On that t=
opic=2C I love the fact that we have a verb for "have a hangover": {'uH}. I=
used it in my First Contact subtitles with a fair amount of glee.
I also would like to know=2C have we ever seen {tu'HomI'raH} in the wild? I=
t seems so foreign as a root=2C and I'm still a bit baffled as to how it wo=
uld be used in any way that would be more useful (pardon the pun) than {lI'=
Ha'}. We only have one other quadrisyllabic root attested AFAIK=2C and it's=
transparently a compound: {ro'qegh'Iwchab} "rokeg blood pie".
QeS
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ghItlhpu' Felix=2C jatlh:<br>>=3B One of my favorites is {pom}=2C meaning=
"dysentery". Interesting how it's one of the very few medical conditions w=
e have words for!<br><div><br>Coincidentally (or perhaps not)=2C another on=
e is very similar: {poq} "indigestion". (I wonder if there could be a conne=
ction with {porgh}?) On that topic=2C I love the fact that we have a verb f=
or "have a hangover": {'uH}. I used it in my First Contact subtitles with a=
fair amount of glee.<br><br>I also would like to know=2C have we ever seen=
{tu'HomI'raH} in the wild? It seems so foreign as a root=2C and I'm still =
a bit baffled as to how it would be used in any way that would be more usef=
ul (pardon the pun) than {lI'Ha'}. We only have one other quadrisyllabic ro=
ot attested AFAIK=2C and it's transparently a compound: {ro'qegh'Iwchab} "r=
okeg blood pie".<br><br>QeS<br></div> </div></body>
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