[Tlhingan-hol] qep'a' Proverbs

Alan Anderson qunchuy at alcaco.net
Mon Jul 28 08:13:18 PDT 2014


An elite group of grammarians distilled many pages of submitted
proverbs down to five candidates in each category. You've seen the
winners. Here are the others that made the cut to be transmitted to
Maltz for evaulation.



Replacement Proverb runners-up:

  chal DaleghmeH yavDaq yIQotchoH.
  "Lie on the ground to see the sky."

  ghomDI' HoSDo', not QaQ ghu'.
  "It's never a good thing when energy beings gather."

  motlhwI'pu' qaw pagh.
  "Nobody remembers the ordinary."

  DIngtaHvIS SuS, ram 'o' 'et je.
  "Fore and aft are irrelevant while the wind is spinning."



Secrecy Proverb runners-up:

  vIttlhegh maqlaH Hoch.
  "Anybody can utter a proverb!"

  Hugh poSmoHghach ngeD law’ nuj SoQmoHghach ngeD puS.
  "It is easier to open a throat than to close a mouth"

  ghInjaj yajlaHbe' ghotI'.
  "A fish cannot understand Saturday."

  jat ghajbe' chIpwI'wI'.
  "My barber has no tongue."



-- ghunchu'wI'



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