[Tlhingan-hol] Eurotalk - New Words - Food

[Adm qe'San]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Michael Roney, Jr. PKT [mailto:nahqun at gmail.com]


> >> burger - Ha'DIbaH ghIH tIr ngogh je
> >
> > Does anyone have any helpful ideas about why {ghIH} is used here?
> >
> No.
> And frankly I'm disappointed in our word for burger.
> I was really hoping for a word to replace {*HIlel}.
> "messy meat and bread" tells me nothing about how the food is put
> together.
> While I enjoy open-ended terms like {HIvje'}, I'd like to know how to
> describe meat (and other toppings) between two slices of bread.
> 
> And what if I'm ordering one of these?
> Do I just keep piling on food nouns?
> 

If I wanted to be precise maybe but the word burger is a shortened form of
Burger in a bun which is what the image clearly is.. In day to day usage we
just ask for a burger so I see no reason not to just ask for a Ha'DIbaH
ghIH. If the Terran serving understands that much I'm sure you'd get what
you'd asked for.


qe'San