[tlhIngan Hol] More puns

[James Landau]

Several more I figured out (and some I only sort of figured out):




cheyIt (thorn): T-aitch backwards. Like the letter thorn.


chIb (be advantaged over): "Bxtch" backwards, as in "I've made it my bxtch".


Delnga (gradient): "Angled" backwards.


jIltob'or (classic): This is "your robot" backwards, but does anyone get how this ties in with the concept of being a classic?


law'wan (inertia): "Law one", i.e. Newton's First Law.


pa'nItlh (aisle): "Clean up" backwards. As in the PA announcement: "Josh, clean up aisle 24!"


poH (session, shift): "Hop"-ing from one employee's shift to another.


qIj'am (slate): Magic slate.


ra''ab (market): Backwards, *ba' 'ar*, how much sit. Or "How much is it?", a question for the market to grapple with.


roqlIpe' (civilian): "Apple core" backwards, but how do apple cores relate to civilian life?


Selrach (ladder): Obviously "Charles" backwards, but googling didn't find the connection. Does Marc Okrand know a Charles Ladder (or Charles Latter)?


teb (compensate, monetarily): "Bet" backwards.


tetlhnagh (exam, test): "Gauntlet" backwards. The gauntlet was originally an ordeal.


vo'nIng (image): No apparent connection to German "Wohnung", residence or apartment. My best guess is that *ngIn 'ov* is to compete roughly, and "image" is part of "scrimmage". Do all of you think this is it?


yalqom (mop): Backwards, this is *moq lay*, or "beat-L." The Beatles had mops (the hairstyle, that is).


'abched (vitamin): Vitamins A, B, C, D, and E.


'erQen (phrase): "Phrase" os a homophone of "frays". *Qen* means to be naked, like a frayed object. "Er" is the German word for "he", which suggests that it's the form of a verb you'd use with "he", i.e. the third person singular present. Like adding -s onto "fray". Does this sound convincing?
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