[tlhIngan Hol] how to say "toy"?

[Christa Hansberry]

On Fri, Mar 3, 2017 at 12:46 PM, Michael Roney, Jr. <nahqun at gmail.com>
wrote:

> {mIl'oD ngeb} is given for "teddy bear" in Talk Now.
>

Interesting; so literally a fake [sabre] bear. So do you think one could
say "puH Duj ngeb" for a toy car, and similarly with other toys designed to
resemble real objects?


>
> I'd shy away from {tu'HomI'raH} unless it really has no use.
> Play, in general, is how children learn. Toys assist with this.
> Some toys are educational by design.
>

Yeah, I wouldn't say toys are essentially useless, but I think that would
work in some contexts.

Thank you!
-QISta'


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> On Fri, Mar 3, 2017 at 1:24 PM, SuStel <sustel at trimboli.name> wrote:
>
>> On 3/3/2017 1:20 PM, Christa Hansberry wrote:
>>
>> Is there any way to say "toy"? boQwI' didn't bring up anything. Do
>> Klingon children not play with toys?
>>
>>
>> There's no known word that means exactly this, but you could come up with
>> some synonyms.
>>
>>
>> *reHmeH jan **device for playing*
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>>
>> *tu'HomI'raH **something useless*
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