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--- orc_greeting [2020/08/22 11:15] – morgoth
+++ orc_greeting [2023/09/07 19:38] (current) – external edit 127.0.0.1
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 ====== Orc-greeting ======
-The short "Orc-greeting" by "Andrew" ([[abbreviations|abbreviated]] as AN) was quoted by [[elerrina_list|Elerrina]] in "Quettar" #16 (p.7):
+The short "Orc-greeting" by "Andrew" ([[abbreviations|abbreviated]] as AN) was quoted by [[elerrina_list|Elerrina]] in "Quettar" #16 (p.7, Decemeber 1982):
    Gaakh Golug narkuu gimbubut lat
 which translates as:
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 ^ English ^ Black Speech ^ Etymology and Comments                   ^
 | find    | gimbubut     | from TK "gimb" + AN "-ub" future tense suffix + AN "-ut" 3rd person plural suffix |
-| may     | gâkh         | AN, calque from Quenya word "nai"        |
+| may     | [[gâkh]]     | AN, calque from Quenya word "nai"        |
 | never   | narkû        | AN, from TK "nar" (not) and "kû" (old)   |
 | Noldor  | golug        | UT                                       |
 | you     | lat          | AN                                       |
-In Nûrlâm this phrase will be translated as:
+In [[Nûrlâm]] this phrase may be translated two ways:
-<WRAP center round todo 60%>
+  * "Gâkh Golug nargimbam naril" (double negation);
-<todo>Translation needed</todo>
+  * "Gâkh Golug nargimbam milkon" (lit. May Noldor not find you ever);
-</WRAP>

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