[Tlhingan-hol] nuq bop bom: 'ay' wa'vatlh SochmaH jav: DaH cha'logh

[ghunchu'wI' 'utlh]

On Sun, Apr 29, 2012 at 1:44 PM, Qov <robyn at flyingstart.ca> wrote:
> morgh Mahoun. jatlh, "matay'pu'! paw 'anDorngan Duj 'ej nutoD! juppu'wI'
> chaH! lu'ollaH!"

lu'ollaH toDwI' 'e' vIHonbe'. 'ach lu'ol'a' gho'Do qama'pu'?

> jatlhbe' vajar. nov Sey bejtaH 'ej QubtaH. wejmaH wej ben Qo'noSDaq Mahoun
> HIjta' vajar. Qo'noSDaq loDvaD Mahoun nobta' vajar.

vaj ghaytan QIn Hev Qa'bar.

> Hegh Mahoun 'e' pIH ngaq
> Duj HoD. wejmaH ben Mahoun, 'anDorngan qama'pu' je tlhapta' 'anDorngan Duj.

jIjruplaw' DIr SuD yoq.

> wej DISvetlh qawbe' Mahoun. *naQjaj yoH* tlheDDI' Mahoun tuQDoq leghlaw'.
> poH lIjmoHlaH tuQDoq. nap lut. ghaytan qaStaHvIS wej DIS bIghHa'Daq ghaH
> Mahoun'e' 'ej joy'wI' mIwmey le' qawbe'meH, tuQDoq lo'pu' vay'.

DISmey lIjba'pu', 'ach Hol tIghmey je qawlaw'. tlhIb'a' tuQDoq lo'wI'?
pagh ngoQ pegh tu'lu''a'?

> QI' pegh
> 'oH'a'? tuQDoq qel. 'ach tuQDoq qaw Mahoun, tuQDoq 'oHbejchugh
> rotlhmoHwI'qoqDaj'e'.

toQDoqHey'e' qaw.

> "qaHar," jatlh vajar. bIghHa'HomDaq Mahoun qaw. jatlh "vIghro'mey bopbej'a'
> bomlIj mu'mey?"

toH, potlh qelchoH.

> "jISovbe'," jatlh Mahoun. "SoHvaD vIQulchoH. no' Hol HaDpu'mo' chIjwI'wI'
> vIghel, 'ach no' Hol 'oHbe' jatlh. loQ rur 'op mu'mey neH. vaj vImughlaHbe'.
> vIghro' bop 'e' vIHon. bom ngo' law' ghe'naQvetlh ngo' puS 'e' vIHar.
> mupIlmoH bom. ghe'naQDaq HeghlI' loD 'ej luQaH ngem Ha'DIbaHmey."

(nI''a' bom? qaStaHvIS tup 'ar bomlu'?)

> "choja'pu'," jatlh vajar. HIqDaj tlhutlh 'ej bebDaq SIStaH 'e' 'Ij. nuplI'
> wab. chuSqa' Mahoun QumwI'. jang Mahoun.[254] be' ghogh qImtaHvIS QamchoH.
> jabbI'ID yev 'ej jatlh "muDDaq law'mo' tatmey jolpat voqchu'be' beqwIj.

qay'taH tatmey...pagh beq meqqoq 'oH. ghobe' -- jIpIHQo'. vIt 'e' vIlaj.

> SaHmo' tlhIngan law', qay'choHpa' mujol. vajar HoD, malja' wIHuqqa'jaj."

jIbel jatlhbe'mo' Qapla'!

> QumwI'vaD jatlhqa' 'ej QIt Qol.
>
> HIq lutlhutlh tlhInganpu'. wo', novpu', noHmey je luqeltaH. motlh Qochbe'.
> tlhaq laD vajar. ratlh wej repmey. 'eSSIm bejqu' vajar 'ej HughDajDaq wab
> nong lIngqa'. "DaH jIbwIj vISay'nISmoH," SIbI' jatlh 'eSSIm. Do'Ha'.

vajarvaD chaq Do'Ha'.

> SIS 'e'
> lu'Ij.[192] wup 'eSSIm. bIQ Duj chIjtaHbogh SuvwI'pu' bop bom. Hoch mu'mey
> Sovbe' vajar 'ach boQmo' HIq, bomqu'. SISbe'choH ghIq SISqa'. qaStaHvIS tup
> puS tamtaH. QamchoH vajar. betleH tlhap 'ej mej.[193]

rInba' Qu'Daj.

> SISqu'. wamwI'pu' ghochchoH 'ach chatlh mojlI'mo' yav lam lughItlhpu'bogh
> laDmeH vajar yevqu'nIS. Dochaj law' law' ghochwI' Do law' puS. chegh vajar
> 'ej 'eSSIm Du' qach beb HeH bIngDaq wamwI'pu' loS.[196]

va, loSnISqu'. mejlaHbe', QumwI' lughajmo' chaH.

> [196] That's a string of six nouns modifying one another. It was easy to
> write and makes instant sense to me, but I wrote it. vay' laDHa'moH'a'?

I didn't even notice the wording. After the mud soup metaphor (or was
it a pun?), I was just enjoying the narrative.

> SKI: vajar has a theory about Mahoun's experience, and gets rebuffed again
> by 'eSSIm.

"Rebuffed". That's one of those words that defies naive etymological analyis.

-- ghunchu'wI'