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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 3/3/2021 7:58 AM, mayqel qunen'oS
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cite="mid:CAP7F2cLzOKaq96DBYrtz8NoFi6BBg7egDfHMFo9wQHgrGSy29Q@mail.gmail.com">There
are two types of "hmm".
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<div dir="auto">1st type:</div>
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<div dir="auto">What do you want to eat?</div>
<div dir="auto">hmm.. I'll have the qagh.</div>
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<div dir="auto">2nd type:</div>
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<div dir="auto">So, what's it gonna be? hmm? will you eat the
qagh?</div>
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<div dir="auto">I think that we could say with certainty, that
both {ghghgh} and {Hu'ma/Hu'mI/Hu} express the 1st type of
terran "hmm".</div>
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<div dir="auto">But do they express the 2nd type too?</div>
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<p>Merriam-Webster gives three senses of <i>hmm:</i> (1) "used to
express the action or process of thinking," (2) "used to emphasize
that one has asked a question and is awaiting an answer," and (3)
"used to request repetition or clarification of something just
said."</p>
<p>Your first example is sense 1; your second example is sense 2.<br>
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<p>MW defines both <i>um</i> and <i>uh</i> as "used to indicate
hesitation."</p>
<p>Okrand likes <b>Hu'ma</b> and <b>ghghgh</b> to <i>um</i> and <i>uh.</i></p>
<p>Therefore, I would work from the assumption that <b>Hu'ma</b>
and <b>ghghgh</b> could only be used for your first example
insofar as one is hesitating while they're thinking, but it would
be an imperfect fit, because the Klingon words taken out of
context do not imply pondering, while <i>hmm</i> does. And I
would assume that <b>Hu'ma</b> and <b>ghghgh</b> do not match
senses 2 or 3 of <i>hmm</i> at all. That is, to me, the most
obvious place to start.<br>
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