[tlhIngan Hol] New words at the qep'a'

[Robyn Stewart]

rpH! mIrvetlh maw' leghnIS marq. 

I got to almost the same place through a more direct route. There is stuff on top of MY 'ut'at but tu'HomI'raH bIHbe'. pa' 'ut 'aH.

But yeah, not a winner either. 

- Qov

> On Jul 28, 2016, at 9:14, nIqolay Q <niqolay0 at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> So far the most out-there interpretation I've come up with is {'ut'at} -> "tattoo" backwards -> the character on Fantasy Island named Tattoo -> played by Herve Villechaize -> who was also Nick Nack in The Man With The Golden Gun -> knickknacks (ornamental trinkets) are often placed on top of someone's {'ut'at}
> 
> That's ridiculously convoluted, though. (Perhaps Marc got a chest tattoo recently...?)
> 
>> On Sun, Jul 24, 2016 at 11:17 PM, Robyn Stewart <robyn at flyingstart.ca> wrote:
>> Marc was surprised that we got javtIm and bo'voD, and strongly implied that 'ut'at was a hard one.
>> 
>> - Qov
>> 
>> > On Jul 24, 2016, at 11:57, "Russ Perry Jr." <russperryjr at sbcglobal.net> wrote:
>> >
>> > Ha ha, way to over-think it I guess...  Or maybe I just have Uma on the brain (we do share a birthday, after all).
>> >
>> > HIvqa' veqlargh!
>> >
>> > Russ
>> >
>> >> On Jul 24, 2016, at 5:27 AM, Robyn Stewart wrote:
>> >> More likely to Petaluma, California.
>> >>
>> >> -----Original Message-----
>> >> From: tlhIngan-Hol [mailto:tlhingan-hol-bounces at lists.kli.org] On Behalf Of
>> >> Russ Perry Jr.
>> >> Sent: 23 July 2016 23:50
>> >> To: tlhingan-hol at kli.org
>> >> Subject: Re: [tlhIngan Hol] New words at the qep'a'
>> >>
>> >> And possibly this one:
>> >>
>> >> 'uma' n. petal
>> >>
>> >> ...is a reference to Uma Thurman as Poison Ivy?
>> >>
>> >>> On Jul 23, 2016, at 9:25 AM, nIqolay Q wrote:
>> >>> I found another one:
>> >>>
>> >>> {Suntay'} "pollen", sounds like (ge)sundheit. Pollen makes a lot of people
>> >> sneeze.
>> >>>
>> >>>> On Sat, Jul 23, 2016 at 7:53 AM, Rhona Fenwick <qeslagh at hotmail.com>
>> >>> wrote:
>> >>>
>> >>> ghItlhpu' nIqolay, jatlh:
>> >>>> There are a lot of good puns in this group of words. Here's the ones
>> >> I've found:
>> >>>
>> >>> (Pun spoilers ahead here too.)
>> >>>
>> >>> There are a few in there I noticed, but you've picked up on most of them
>> >> as well. Given the complexity of the "virus" one (which I didn't see), I'm
>> >> impressed you got it so quickly. Well done also on the DNA one - I got hung
>> >> up on the initial {roS-}, because one of the scientists who played a key
>> >> role in the discovery of DNA's structure was *Ros*alind Franklin.
>> >>>
>> >>> Another one is {yomIj} "neutron" which, when spelled backwards, is {jImoy}
>> >> "beloved Jim" - or "Jimmy", as in "Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius". And {'oynot}
>> >> "flesh" surely can't be anything but a Shakespearean reference: spelled
>> >> backwards again, it becomes {tonyo'} - that is, Antonio, the eponymous
>> >> Merchant of Venice from whom the moneylender Shylock sought his "pound of
>> >> flesh".
>> >>>
>> >>> QeS 'utlh
>> >>
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