[96753] in tlhIngan-Hol
Re: [Tlhingan-hol] Klingon Word of the Day: chuy
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Steven Boozer)
Fri Jul 19 09:20:41 2013
From: Steven Boozer <sboozer@uchicago.edu>
To: "tlhingan-hol@kli.org" <tlhingan-hol@kli.org>
Date: Fri, 19 Jul 2013 13:20:16 +0000
In-Reply-To: <BAY166-W587FD0445BE5C162974A5AA630@phx.gbl>
Errors-To: tlhingan-hol-bounces@stodi.digitalkingdom.org
QeS:
> I don't know it's really a pun as much as just sound-symbolism or
> onomatopoeia. We don't have much of that in Klingon - though note
> [...] tlhup} "whisper"
One of the few speech verbs not beginning with {ja-}. E.g.
jach scream, cry out
jang answer, reply
jat speak incoherently, mumble (slang)
jatlh say, speak
jatlhHa' say the wrong thing, misspeak
jaw chat
ja' report, tell
ja'chuq discuss, confer
--
Voragh
Ca'Non Master of the Klingons
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