[Tlhingan-hol] Freckles

[Gaerfindel]

jIghItlh; jatlh:
> How does one say spots or freckles in {tlhIngan Hol}?  The concept cannot
> be completely unknown, after all Curzon Dax was an (unofficial?) ambassador
> to the Empire.  And as Jadzia pointed out, "They go all the way down."

ghItlh voragh; jatlh:
> The only thing I can think of is {Degh[Hom]} "[little] symbol, 
> marking, mark" but this has always struck me as something artificial - 
> i.e. added decoration - not natural. Otherwise use a simile: e.g. 
> {nguv CURZON DAX DIr; XXX rur} "Curzon Dax's skin is tinted; it 
> resembles a X" where X is some kind of thing with spots, freckles or 
> smudges. (WRT to Dax's markings, they sorta-kinda look like {pIqaD} 
> letters if anything)

In which case, I might say {vInguv DIr; <Curzon Dax> rur 'ach Doq}.

~quljIb