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Re: [tlhIngan Hol] Don't they have jay' arrows ?
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (mayqel qunenoS)
Wed Jul 19 10:46:20 2017
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From: mayqel qunenoS <mihkoun@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 19 Jul 2017 17:46:16 +0300
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This whole subject reminds me of something similar I had read about the
ancient Spartans, i.e. that they felt contempt for any type of weapon which
would kill from afar. So, perhaps -culturally-, this or something similar
could apply for klingons as well.
On the other hand, De'vID's comment was indeed very interesting, i.e.
describing an arrow with the word for spear plus the {-Hom}.
And taking this further, perhaps the ideal thing to do would be saying
{thlevjaQHom} in order to describe an "arrow", since the other types of
klingon spears are "hand held ones", in contrast to the {tlhevjaQ}, which
is thrown with the aid of a special tool.
Or perhaps we could say also {tlhevjaQ mach}..
qunnoq
On 19 Jul 2017 5:31 pm, "De'vID" <de.vid.jonpin@gmail.com> wrote:
> On 19 July 2017 at 16:26, mayqel qunenoS <mihkoun@gmail.com> wrote:
> > I can't understand why there isn't a klingon word for "arrow".
> >
> > How is it possible, that the almighty warrior race never invented arrows
> or
> > apparently never came to know them ?
>
> It's obvious that a so-called "arrow" is just a {-Hom}ed version of a
> "spear". Klingon has vocabulary dealing with spears and spear-throwing
> devices.
>
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<div dir=3D"auto">This whole subject reminds me of something similar I had =
read about the ancient Spartans, i.e. that they felt contempt for any type =
of weapon which would kill from afar. So, perhaps -culturally-, this or som=
ething similar could apply for klingons as well.<div dir=3D"auto"><br></div=
><div dir=3D"auto">On the other hand, De'vID's comment was indeed v=
ery interesting, i.e. describing an arrow with the word for spear plus the =
{-Hom}.</div><div dir=3D"auto"><br></div><div dir=3D"auto">And taking this =
further, perhaps the ideal thing to do would be saying {thlevjaQHom} in ord=
er to describe an "arrow", since the other types of klingon spear=
s are "hand held ones", in contrast to the {tlhevjaQ}, which is t=
hrown with the aid of a special tool.</div><div dir=3D"auto"><br></div><div=
dir=3D"auto">Or perhaps we could say also {tlhevjaQ mach}..</div><div dir=
=3D"auto"><br></div><div dir=3D"auto">qunnoq</div></div><div class=3D"gmail=
_extra"><br><div class=3D"gmail_quote">On 19 Jul 2017 5:31 pm, "De'=
;vID" <<a href=3D"mailto:de.vid.jonpin@gmail.com" target=3D"_blank"=
>de.vid.jonpin@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br type=3D"attribution"><blockquote=
class=3D"gmail_quote" style=3D"margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc soli=
d;padding-left:1ex">On 19 July 2017 at 16:26, mayqel qunenoS <<a href=3D=
"mailto:mihkoun@gmail.com">mihkoun@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br>
> I can't understand why there isn't a klingon word for "ar=
row".<br>
><br>
> How is it possible, that the almighty warrior race never invented arro=
ws or<br>
> apparently never came to know them ?<br>
<br>
It's obvious that a so-called "arrow" is just a {-Hom}ed vers=
ion of a<br>
"spear". Klingon has vocabulary dealing with spears and spear-thr=
owing<br>
devices.<br>
<br>
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De'vID<br>
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