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Re: [tlhIngan Hol] Klingon Word of the Day: roQ
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Lieven)
Mon Jul 17 02:58:09 2017
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From: Lieven <levinius@gmx.de>
Date: Mon, 17 Jul 2017 08:58:10 +0200
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Am 16.07.2017 um 11:20 schrieb kechpaja:
> To put down *what*, exactly? An object that you're holding? A rebellion?
> An injured animal who's about to die slowly and painfully? To insult
> someone?
It is not a written rule, but based on experience, it's usually the
first appearing and most direct, most simple meaning that comes to your
mind when you read a word.
Of course this is not always the case, and we cannot assume that
everyone thinks of the same thing immediately, but usually, when a word
means something that is more detailed, then the definition has
additional information.
In this case, it would have been "pick up a rebellion", for instance.
More examples
jab - serve (food)
makes clear that you do not serve a master
baH - fire (torpedo)
laQ - fire (thrusters)
these even show two different meanings
Other words have multiple definitions seperated by a comma, to make clear:
ra' - order, command
means that you cannot ra' your food
But after all, we must remember (as ha has confirmed many times) that
Okrand has built up the word list of TKD intentionally with ambiguous
definitions, because he wanted to make a parody on existing travel
guides, whose definitions aren't so clear either.
--
Lieven L. Litaer
aka Quvar valer 'utlh
Grammarian of the KLI
http://www.facebook.com/Klingonteacher
http://www.klingonwiki.net/En/Ambiguity
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