[tlhIngan Hol] New words from "Miniatur Wunderland"

Christa Hansberry chransberry at gmail.com
Mon Apr 1 11:12:42 PDT 2019


So are you saying a kitten wouldn't be a vIghro'Hom? I assumed it would,
and a baby/not-full-grown targ would be a targhHom, etc., by analogy with
loDHom and be'Hom, I suppose.

-QISta'

On Mon, Apr 1, 2019, 11:08 qurgh lungqIj <qurgh at wizage.net> wrote:

> On Mon, Apr 1, 2019 at 12:40 PM De'vID <de.vid.jonpin at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> On Mon, 1 Apr 2019 at 17:46, Lieven L. Litaer <levinius at gmx.de> wrote:
>>
>>> The most interesting word certainly is {nu'}. To show the difference: a
>>> {targhHom} is just a small targ,
>>
>>
>> That doesn't seem right. A {Qa'Hom} is not a small {Qa'}, but another
>> species entirely.
>>
>
> I agree. {targhHom} is NEVER just a "small targ", that would be {targh
> mach}. A {targhHom} is a creature like a targ, but less like a targ than a
> targ normally is. A {DujHom} isn't just a small ship, it's a different kind
> of ship.
>
>
>>
>>> but a {targh nu'} can only refer to a
>>> "toy targ".
>>>
>>
>> What about something like a "miniature poodle"? Is that a {*poodle* nu'}?
>>
>
> I'd thing so. From Okrand's description of {nu'} is just refers to
> something that is very small and is simply a synonym for {machqu'}.
>
> Is that "toy targ" as in a plastic one a kid plays with? For that I'd use
> {targh velqa'}, with {targh velqa' nu'} for some kind of miniature targ
> that might be used in a table top game.
>
> qurgh
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