<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_extra"><div class="gmail_quote">On Fri, Jul 27, 2018 at 8:46 PM, qurgh lungqIj <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:qurgh@wizage.net" target="_blank">qurgh@wizage.net</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_extra"><div class="gmail_quote"><span class="">On Fri, Jul 27, 2018 at 8:15 PM, Ed Bailey <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:bellerophon.modeler@gmail.com" target="_blank">bellerophon.modeler@gmail.com</a><wbr>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><div><span style="font-size:12.8px"><br></span></div><div><span style="font-size:12.8px">BTW, the explanation of this word makes me question whether Kermit the Frog would be described as {qo'rob}. Or perhaps, if the word means one state under the control of another, Klingons would make the same metaphorical connection, only in reverse.<br></span></div></div></blockquote><div><br></div></span><div>He wouldn't be. A few lines further down is:<br><br>
<strong style="box-sizing:border-box;font-weight:bold;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Ubuntu,sans-serif;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial">SIrgh raghghan</strong><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Ubuntu,sans-serif;font-weight:200;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;float:none;display:inline"><span> </span> puppet (n)<span> </span></span><br style="box-sizing:border-box;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Ubuntu,sans-serif;font-weight:200;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Ubuntu,sans-serif;font-weight:200;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;float:none;display:inline"> (literally “string doll”, the doll that is used in performances)</span>
<br></div><div><br></div><div>At the qep'a' I had a conversation about whether {naQ raghghan} would also be understood as a type of puppet. </div><span class="HOEnZb"><font color="#888888"><div><br></div><div>qurgh</div></font></span></div></div></div></blockquote><div><br></div><div>So I'm thinking the <b>SIrgh</b> in <b>SIrgh raghghan</b> must refer to the strings that control a marionette. Wouldn't Kermit be a <b>ghop raghghan</b> then?</div><div><br></div><div>~mIp'av</div></div></div></div>