[Tlhingan-hol] chay' Dochvam DaDel? "Klingon Empire" spray skirt

[Felix Malmenbeck]

[Noticed that I'd responded to the wrong thread previously. Sorry about that!]

> Is {SIS yoD} really the word for “umbrella”? It seems to use {SIS} as a noun,
> but we have only the verb form. This whole post seems to use {SIS} as a noun.
>
> Am I out of the loop from a major vocabulary addition?

Not a major one, really, but EuroTalk gives us {SIS yoD} for umbrella.
This could be seen as an indication that SIS can indeed be a noun.
However, it could also be be Maltz mucking about ... or perhaps it's a set expression that's been in use for a long time (it would make sense for Klingons to have rain protection of some sort, given their reluctance to getting wet), and can't be broken down word-for-word.

> ‘elHa’meH DujHom yIQtaHvIS mIwlIj DaDelta’. pImqu’ mIwwIj.

qaqbej mIwlIj. Do'Ha' bIQ yoDwIj vIteqmeH mIw QaQ vISovbe'. mep tun yuvtlhe' rur 'ej vItuQmoHHa'meH DopDaj vISIHnIS.
vIlo'pu' 'e' vImev, qabmo'.

jIyoyqa'chugh DujwIj vIyuv 'e' vInID. ghaytan jIQap.

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From: Steven Boozer [sboozer at uchicago.edu]
Sent: Thursday, October 30, 2014 16:56
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Subject: Re: [Tlhingan-hol] chay' Dochvam DaDel? "Klingon Empire" spray skirt

lojmitti7wi7nuv:
> 'etDaq ngaQmoHwI' teqmeH tlhegh vIyuvHa'. SIbI' jInarghlaH. jInoghnISbe'.
> [We don't have a word for "hip". Should I call it my leg's shoulder?

Nope.  Call it {'IvtIH} "hip" (revealed at qepHom'a' 2011).

> [We don't have a word for "float". I guess Klingons don't regularly
> find themselves in water...] bIQ ghor vIghoS (yIvbeH le' vItuQmo').

Stationary floating no, but if you're slowly drifting along you can use {vIH} "move, be in motion":  *{QIt bIQ ghorDaq jIvIH}.  It happen rarely, but Klingons do {Qal} "swim" (TNK) and {HaH'egh} "soak oneself (slang)":

KGT 91:  The verb {HaH} [...] is now often used in the more general sense of "soak, drench". It is frequently heard in the reflexive form ({HaH'egh} "soak oneself") in reference to such activities as drinking a great deal, which has positive connotations, and bathing, an occasional undertaking with negative connotations.


--
Voragh
Ca'Non Master of the Klingons




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