[Tlhingan-hol] Trains

Fiat Knox fiat_knox at yahoo.co.uk
Thu Nov 22 07:45:26 PST 2012


> I'm trying to figure out how to render the word "train".  I imagine some version of
> {nom puH Duj vIH}--rapidly moving ground ship--might be in order, but {puH Duj}
> is traditionally used to mean "car" among the KLI, and besides doesn't really convey
> the appearance or function of a train.

"Train" as in "locomotive?" The "train" usually refers to the carriages being pulled along behind the actual locomotive itself, so perhaps something like "lupwI' thlegh'a'" (big line of carriages) perhaps?
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