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Re: [tlhIngan Hol] Why not law'wI'pu' ?
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Ed Bailey)
Thu Feb 21 13:48:11 2019
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From: Ed Bailey <bellerophon.modeler@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 21 Feb 2019 13:37:44 -0500
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On Thu, Feb 21, 2019 at 12:55 PM SuStel <sustel@trimboli.name> wrote:
> *law'* means *be many,* so *law'wI'* means *one who is many...*
>
The rigidity of this translation is what makes it nonsensical. For anything
countable, the meaning of *law'* makes *law'wI'* inherently plural. It
could be translated as "the many," just as *qanwI'* can be translated "the
old."
As a substitute for a mass noun, *law'wI'* could be translated "much." None
of which means Klingons actually use the term *law'wI'*, but even if they
don't, I expect they'd get your meaning.
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<div dir=3D"ltr"><div dir=3D"ltr">On Thu, Feb 21, 2019 at 12:55 PM SuStel &=
lt;<a href=3D"mailto:sustel@trimboli.name">sustel@trimboli.name</a>> wro=
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<p><b>law'</b> means <i>be many,</i> so <b>law'wI'</b> mean=
s <i>one
who is many...</i>=C2=A0</p></div></blockquote><div>The rigidity of=
this translation is what makes it nonsensical. For anything countable, the=
meaning of <b>law'</b>=C2=A0makes <b>law'wI'</b> inherently pl=
ural. It could be translated as "the many," just as <b>qanwI'=
</b> can be translated "the old."<br>As a substitute for a mass n=
oun, <b>law'wI'</b> could be translated "much." None of w=
hich means Klingons actually use the term=C2=A0<b>law'wI'</b>, but =
even if they don't, I expect they'd get your meaning.</div><div><br=
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