[tlhIngan Hol] don't pay the ferryman

[SuStel]

On 10/26/2020 11:47 AM, mayqel qunen'oS wrote:
> bom: don't pay the ferryman
> QoQ ghom: twinball
>
> "don't pay the ferryman, don't even fix a price, don't pay the 
> ferryman until he gets you to the other side"
>
> < bIQ Duj pIn'a' yIDIlQo', DIlmeH Huch poQbogh yIlajQo', bIQ Duj 
> pIn'a' yIDIlQo', SoHvaD Dop Dop qengpu'pa' >
>
> bomvam vImuSHa'.

I wonder if *bIQ lupwI' pIn'a'*//might be better for /ferryman./ 
Transporting something or someone is integral to the meaning of /ferry./

Instead of *SoHvaD Dop Dop qengpu'pa',* how about 
*DuchIqmoHchu'pu'pa'*/before he has caused you to cross completely?/

-- 
SuStel
http://trimboli.name

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