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Re: [Tlhingan-hol] Klingon Word of the Day: SuwomIy
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (DloraH)
Sun Jun 8 21:06:18 2014
From: "DloraH" <seruq@bellsouth.net>
To: <tlhingan-hol@kli.org>
Date: Sun, 8 Jun 2014 20:06:05 -0500
In-Reply-To: <F52986192E9FE346B0B7EF3D6F98E877123D8086@EXDB3.ug.kth.se>
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Felix Malmenbeck [mailto:felixm@kth.se]
> Sent: Sunday, June 08, 2014 16:01
> To: SuStel; tlhingan-hol@kli.org
> Subject: Re: [Tlhingan-hol] Klingon Word of the Day: SuwomIy
>
> I suspect quljIb may be thinking of the Sami, who are
> considered indigenous to northern Scandinavia and Finland.
>
> "Sami" and "Suomi" may or may not be cognates. However,
> Wikipedia would suggest linguists tend to lean toward "may not".
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Finland#Etymology
>
> We used to get quite a lot of Finnish TV when I was a lod,
> and it was always labeled "suomi". I remember I used to think
> that this was Sami TV, since they sounded similar.
>
> A {SuwomIyngan be'} plays Kahless in the Klingon battle opera 'u':
> http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=SYlu2DJvPM4
nuq jatlh be'vetlh? mu'Daj vIyajbe'.
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