[tlhIngan Hol] New words from "Miniatur Wunderland"
Ed Bailey
bellerophon.modeler at gmail.com
Mon Apr 1 09:18:26 PDT 2019
On Mon, Apr 1, 2019 at 11:46 AM 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, but a {targh nu'} can only refer to a
> "toy targ".
Okrand's words:
> ------
> There's no noun Maltz is aware of like "miniature" (small model or
> version of something). {machqu'} is fine, but if you want to avoid it,
> you could use the verb {nu'} which means something like "be particularly
> small" and is often used of things that are smaller than the usual or
> expected size. In general, things that are {nu'} are smaller than those
> that are {mach} or even {machqu'} — but there's no hard line or specific
> rule. If/when it's appropriate, you could also make use of {-Hom}.
> ------
>
lI' mu'vam chu':
PicardvaD jatlh Lily <DujmeylIj nu' Daghorpu'>
~mIp'av
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