[96733] in tlhIngan-Hol
Re: [Tlhingan-hol] Freckles
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Gaerfindel)
Wed Jul 17 16:20:41 2013
Date: Wed, 17 Jul 2013 16:19:57 -0400
From: Gaerfindel <gaerfindel@hotmail.com>
To: tlhingan-hol@stodi.digitalkingdom.org
In-Reply-To: <ACF6622D959A8842A81E4471BA56A7E001F5714E@xm-mbx-04-prod.ad.uchicago.edu>
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jIghItlh; jatlh:
> How does one say spots or freckles in {tlhIngan Hol}? The concept cannot
> be completely unknown, after all Curzon Dax was an (unofficial?) ambassador
> to the Empire. And as Jadzia pointed out, "They go all the way down."
ghItlh voragh; jatlh:
> The only thing I can think of is {Degh[Hom]} "[little] symbol,
> marking, mark" but this has always struck me as something artificial -
> i.e. added decoration - not natural. Otherwise use a simile: e.g.
> {nguv CURZON DAX DIr; XXX rur} "Curzon Dax's skin is tinted; it
> resembles a X" where X is some kind of thing with spots, freckles or
> smudges. (WRT to Dax's markings, they sorta-kinda look like {pIqaD}
> letters if anything)
In which case, I might say {vInguv DIr; <Curzon Dax> rur 'ach Doq}.
~quljIb
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