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Re: [tlhIngan Hol] Why not law'wI'pu' ?
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (SuStel)
Thu Feb 21 13:49:23 2019
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On 2/21/2019 1:37 PM, Ed Bailey wrote:
> On Thu, Feb 21, 2019 at 12:55 PM SuStel <sustel@trimboli.name
> <mailto:sustel@trimboli.name>> wrote:
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> *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.
Exactly what I said: "yeah, but you get it anyway."
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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 2/21/2019 1:37 PM, Ed Bailey wrote:<br>
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<div dir="ltr">On Thu, Feb 21, 2019 at 12:55 PM SuStel <<a
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wrote:<br>
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<p><b>law'</b> means <i>be many,</i> so <b>law'wI'</b>
means <i>one who is many...</i> </p>
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<div>The rigidity of this translation is what makes it
nonsensical. For anything countable, the meaning of <b>law'</b> makes
<b>law'wI'</b> inherently plural. It could be translated as
"the many," just as <b>qanwI'</b> can be translated "the
old."<br>
As a substitute for a mass noun, <b>law'wI'</b> could be
translated "much." None of which means Klingons actually use
the term <b>law'wI'</b>, but even if they don't, I expect
they'd get your meaning.</div>
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<p>Exactly what I said: "yeah, but you get it anyway."<br>
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