[Tlhingan-hol] wojmoHwI' yupma'

[Alan Anderson]

>>> On Sun, Dec 9, 2012 at 3:34 AM, Gaerfindel <gaerfindel at hotmail.com>
>>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> chorgh ram maw' tIv law' wa' jaj tIv puS.

>> On Mon, Dec 10, 2012 at 10:51 AM, De'vID <de.vid.jonpin at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>> "Eight crazy nights are more {tIv} than one day."  I don't quite get
>>> this because {tIv} "enjoy" is not a "quality" verb.  Presumably you
>>> intend something meaning "be enjoyable".  Maybe {belmoH}?  I'm not
>>> sure that works in a {law'}/{puS} construction though.

> On 12/10/2012 12:01 PM, Alan Anderson wrote:
>> I'm guessing something else is wrong as well. I don't know why {maw'}
>> "be crazy, insane" would be there -- is it a typo (or dictionary
>> lookup error) for {may'} "battle"? The intended meaning completely
>> escapes me.

On Mon, Dec 10, 2012 at 12:24 PM, Gaerfindel <gaerfindel at hotmail.com> wrote:
> There's no mistake.  It's a reference to an Adam Sandler song.

I found lyrics to Sandler's "The Hanukkah Song", which does contain
the phrase "eight crazy nights." I have to assume that's the song
you're talking about. The only thing I see in it that hints at being
ungrammatical on purpose is the addition of "-anukah" in places to
force a rhyme.

What were you trying to say?

-- ghunchu'wI'