[Tlhingan-hol] 'atlhqam [was: Klingon WOTD: butlh (noun)]

[Felix Malmenbeck]

Well, perhaps they use it for any alien mushroom resembling 'atlhqam ;)
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From: Steven Boozer [sboozer at uchicago.edu]
Sent: Tuesday, October 25, 2011 16:26
To: tlhingan-hol at kli.org
Subject: Re: [Tlhingan-hol] 'atlhqam [was: Klingon WOTD: butlh (noun)]

Oops... let me revise that to "any type of edible fungus"!

--
Voragh
Ca'Non Master of the Klingons


> -----Original Message-----
> From: Steven Boozer [mailto:sboozer at uchicago.edu]
>
> Hmm... so used broadly for any type of (alien?) fungus.  I might have
> chosen just *{'atlh} as a general word for fungus, mildew, etc.
>
> --
> Voragh
> Ca'Non Master of the Klingons
>
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Felix Malmenbeck [mailto:felixm at kth.se]
> > Sorry for breaking the one month rule a bit, but I'd like to point
> out
> > that the word 'atlhqam is used on the EuroTalk DVD, apparently as an
> > approximation to describe either:
> >
> > 1) mushrooms in general
> > 2) food mushrooms in general
> > 3) "the common mushroom", Agaricus bisporus -
> > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Agaricus_bisporus
> >
> > One could perhaps see which of these is more likely by checking
> > translations in other languages, or perhaps qe'San could shine some
> > light on the matter.
> >
> > //loghaD
> >
> > ________________________________________
> > From: Steven Boozer [sboozer at uchicago.edu]
> > naHQun:
> > > WRT {'atlhqam} I believe you may be confusing the pun with the
> > > definition.  It's "type of fungus", no mention of feet.
> >
> > Animal feet are mentioned:
> >
> > KGT 92:  One way to bring fermentation about is to mix the food with
> a
> > fungus (known as {'atlhqam}) usually scraped off the bottom of
> certain
> > animals' feet, though it also grows on trees.
> >
> > --
> > Voragh
> > Ca'Non Master of the Klingons
> >

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