[Tlhingan-hol] New word from MO: {jIr} (excl) "Big deal!"

Lieven levinius at gmx.de
Wed Nov 4 04:28:49 PST 2015


Am 04.11.2015 um 11:31 schrieb zrajm:
 > Marc Okrand exclaimed that {jIr} means "Whoop-dee-doo!"

Thanks, zrajm, for sharing this with us.

> Initially he insisted that this expression always goes together with

Note for all beginners: do NOT add this background information in your 
words lists, because since Okrand mentioned NOT to add it, it's actually 
not existant.

> gesture in which you point at the ceiling, then move your hand in a
> rotating motion. Later (day afterwards, less influenced by beer?)

No, it was on the same evening when he said not to add it.
I remember it, I had no beer :-)

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