[Tlhingan-hol] More new words from Maltz

[Qov]

At 09:01 26/01/2012, you wrote:
>qen jIDo'qu': jInmolwIj vIrInmoHmeH muboQ matlh 'ej latlh mu'mey chu' 'ang.
>SIbI' tlhIHvaD mu'meyvam vI'angbe'mo' jItlhIj 'ach qen law'qu' 
>yInwIj wanI'mey.
>jIvumqu', jIlengqu' (Shanghai vISuchmeH 'eb vIjon!): jabbI'IDghomvam 
>vIbuSlaHbe'.
>
>'ISqu'
>
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>From:    Marc Okrand [...]
>Sent:    Monday, January 02, 2012 5:03:07 AM
>To:     Agnieszka Solska (agnpau1 at hotmail.com)
>
>Agnieszka --
>
>Happy New Year!
>
>It was great seeing you in Germany. I thought the qepHom was a 
>pretty impressive
>event -- lots of people, lots of interest and enthusiasm.
>[...]
>
>So here are the four --
>
>(1) "flavor" or "taste" (nouns) is wejwa'.

Hallelujah!

>(2) "be indirect, be roundabout, be devious" is pIQHa'.  So pIQ would be
>"be direct."

Daj.

>(3) For "double agent," Maltz liked the slang expression jey'naS ghoqwI'
>(literally, "double-headed ax spy").  He said the non-slang term 'o'wen
>could also be used for "double agent," but its meaning is a bit broader --
>it's used to refer to someone (or something) of ambiguous status.  As Maltz
>put it, "You're not quite sure if it's this or that. You think it's one
>thing, and it may be, but it may be another."

And who is the Owen in US culture or television to whom Marc refers?

>(4) "hole" (like a hole in the ground) is QemjIq.  This can also be used
>for the hollow in a tree.  qung, the word for "hole in a musical instrument,"
>can't be used for a hole in the ground, but it could be used for a bullet
>hole or a hole in a shirt (including buttonholes, moth holes, accidental
>rips, etc.) or a hole in the roof.  You can fill (teb) a QemjIq, but not
>a qung.

'ISqu'!  SoHmo' mu'taymaj QemjIq tIn tebta' Marc. majQa'!

>  [...]
>
>  - Marc
>
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>From:    Marc Okrand [...]
>Sent:    Sunday, January 15, 2012 2:38:52 AM
>To:     Agnieszka Solska (agnpau1 at hotmail.com)
>
>
>Agnieszka --
>
>Maltz managed to come up with a few more words [...]
>
>
>ditch (n) is taSman
>
>be deep (v) is jaQ  (so "shallow" would be jaQHa'  -- but there may 
>be another
>word for that he wasn't telling me)
>
>be straight (v) is wan  (so "crooked" or "bent" would be wanHa')
>
>model, example, pattern (n) is ghantoH  (Maltz is assuming this refers to
>something one copies or refers to in making things --  or something along
>those lines)
>
>That's it so far.  I'll keep prodding.
>
>[...]
>
>  - Marc
>
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>
>SKI 'ISqu' presents more new words recently revealed by Maltz
>and apologizes for taking a long time to disclose them to the list.
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