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Re: [tlhIngan Hol] We got words for a Spiral,
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (nIqolay Q)
Wed Aug 9 10:54:48 2017
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On Wed, Aug 9, 2017 at 10:03 AM, Jeremy Silver <jp.silver@tiscali.co.uk>
wrote:
> I had to do a bit of digging and found various meanings for "He tasks me",
> and
> believe I was right in the "subject-to-hardship" sense. Because Ceti Alpha
> V
> became uninabitable, Khan lost his wife and suffered hardship and I'd say
> "causes to suffer" still works.
>
{ghong}, perhaps? Other options (of varying literalness) might be
{Doy'moH}, {qaD}, {QIH}, or {tlhoy vummoH}.
(Thesaurus.com - a Klingon translator's second-best friend.)
> It probably could be fairly forced as I was trying for something that would
> work for both a whirlpool and some kind of strange flow of something near
> Antares. But I'm not sure a {mI'rab} connotes the necessary movement. I
> think
> it needs to be something that will {ver} like a {SuS'a'}, but that also
> works
> for water.
>
How about {verwI''a'}? Explicitly using the verb root (perhaps with a
{-taH} too) might convey the notion of movement more than {mI'rab} does.
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On Wed, Aug 9, 2017 at 10:03 AM, Jeremy Silver <span dir=3D"ltr"><<a hre=
f=3D"mailto:jp.silver@tiscali.co.uk" target=3D"_blank">jp.silver@tiscali.co=
.uk</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class=3D"gmail_quote" style=3D"mar=
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I had to do a bit of digging and found various meanings for "He tasks =
me", and<br>
believe I was right in the "subject-to-hardship" sense. Because C=
eti Alpha V<br>
became uninabitable, Khan lost his wife and suffered hardship and I'd s=
ay<br>
"causes to suffer" still works.<br></blockquote><div><br></div><d=
iv>{ghong}, perhaps? Other options (of varying literalness) might be {Doy&#=
39;moH}, {qaD}, {QIH}, or {tlhoy vummoH}. <br><br></div><div>(Thesaurus.com=
- a Klingon translator's second-best friend.)<br></div><div>=C2=A0</di=
v><blockquote class=3D"gmail_quote" style=3D"margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:=
1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
It probably could be fairly forced as I was trying for something that would=
<br>
work for both a whirlpool and some kind of strange flow of something near<b=
r>
Antares. But I'm not sure a {mI'rab} connotes the necessary movemen=
t. I think<br>
it needs to be something that will {ver} like a {SuS'a'}, but that =
also works<br>
for water.<br></blockquote><div><br></div><div>How about {verwI''a&=
#39;}? Explicitly using the verb root (perhaps with a {-taH} too) might con=
vey the notion of movement more than {mI'rab} does.<br></div></div><br>=
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