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Re: [Tlhingan-hol] Klingon Word of the Day: poS

daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Robyn Stewart)
Mon Jun 9 20:36:19 2014

From: "Robyn Stewart" <robyn@flyingstart.ca>
To: "tlhIngan Hol mailing list" <tlhIngan-Hol@kli.org>
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Date: Mon, 9 Jun 2014 18:36:01 -0600
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-----Original Message-----
From: DloraH [mailto:seruq@bellsouth.net] 
Sent: June 9, 2014 18:14
To: tlhingan-hol@kli.org
Subject: Re: [Tlhingan-hol] Klingon Word of the Day: poS

> > In English we also say "closed fist".  Is this the opposite of an 
> > "open hand"?
 
>> 'a poS'a' ghIt 'ej SoQ'a' ro'? vISovbe'.

> poS'a' ro'?

chaq poS, chaq SoQ, ghaytan poSbe' 'ej SoQbe'. ghaytan ro' 'oH neH.

> qatlh jatlh  [ro' /SoQ/]?

jatlhmo' DIvi' Hol.

> chay' pIm ro' SoQ, ro' je?

lugh ro'. chaq muj ro' SoQ.
 
> SoQbe'choHchugh ro', taHbe' ro'.

ghyatan ro'vaD lI'Ha' mu' SoQ.
 
> poSnIS ghIt.
> SoQnIS ro'.
> poSlaH 'ej SoQlaH ghop.

bellaH'a' ghop? SaghlaH'a'? qatlh ghopvaD mu'vetlh Dalo'?

> taQ DIvI' Hol.

In English the redundant terminology may exist for an extinct dialect of
English in which the chab chu' problem existed. The sound combination in
fist is a little awkward. In Klingon I doubt that it is appropriate.


> -- DloraH

- Qov 



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