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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Kepela: Standing on opposite sides of a river #164307 12/16/2006 7:48 AM Joined: Aug 2006 Posts: 631 Hydra addict Hydra addict Joined: Aug 2006 Posts: 631 In the movie The Interpreter, Kidman's character is an interpreter for the UN who speaks Ku. At one point she says to the secret serviceman who is assigned to watch over her: Silvia: We're Kepela: It means: "Standing on opposite sides of the river." Link. Is this a real word? I wonder if it means something more than simply: "chalk and cheese." Last edited by Hydra; 12/16/2006 8:13 AM. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Quenya #164308 12/16/2006 10:43 AM Joined: Aug 2005 Posts: 3,290 R'lyeh zmjezhd Carpal Tunnel zmjezhd Carpal Tunnel Joined: Aug 2005 Posts: 3,290 R'lyeh Ku is a constructed language invented for the movie. I suppose if you got hold of a comparative dictionary of Bantu languages you might be able to determine what the root was that they used. Ceci n'est pas un seing. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Quenya #164309 12/16/2006 1:24 PM Joined: Aug 2006 Posts: 631 Hydra addict Hydra addict Joined: Aug 2006 Posts: 631 Man do I feel silly. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Quenya Hydra #209866 03/01/2013 11:48 PM Joined: Mar 2013 Posts: 1 loys stranger loys stranger Joined: Mar 2013 Posts: 1 Hi Hydra, "Kepela" is not far off the Zulu word "BEKELA" for "oppose", or "on opposite sides of the river" (my paraphrase). It is a fun word to bring into our conversation, particularly when we are not seeing eye to eye with someone on something. We could say: "Are we having a "bekela" moment?" all the best. Loys Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Quenya loys #209876 03/02/2013 4:39 PM Joined: Jun 2008 Posts: 9,971 Likes: 3 Land of the Flat Water LukeJavan8 Carpal Tunnel LukeJavan8 Carpal Tunnel Joined: Jun 2008 Posts: 9,971 Likes: 3 Land of the Flat Water Welcome Loys, yet the thread you found died in 2006. Please feel welcome to find an up to date thread and join us. ----please, draw me a sheep---- Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Moderated by  Jackie  Hop To General Topics ------  Information and announcements  Q&A about words  Wordplay and fun  Words and languages in schools  Miscellany  Weekly Themes  Looking for (writers, speakers,... (Old) Weekly themes. (have been... ------  Words from medicine  Beheading words  Meta-words  Words from classical mythology  Animal Safari  Words with unusual etymologies  Eponyms or words derived from p...  Loanwords from German  English as a global language Print Thread Switch to Threaded Mode Show Likes Link Copied to Clipboard View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Website Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary

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