[1713] in tlhIngan-Hol
Re: Word for mate?
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU)
Sat Oct 16 13:19:37 1993
Reply-To: "Klingon Language List" <tlhIngan-Hol@klingon.east.sun.com>
From: Mark Reed <Mark.Reed@cad.gatech.edu>
To: "Klingon Language List" <tlhIngan-Hol@klingon.east.sun.com>
Date: Sat, 16 Oct 1993 13:19:49 -0400 (EDT)
In-Reply-To: <01H46HT8JYW29TCTZM@guvax.acc.georgetown.edu> from "SPEERS@guvax.a
cc.georgetown.edu" at Oct 16, 93 12:22:34 pm
\Everyone is suggesting "bangwI'" for the word 'mate,' but what about
\the word "bang" itself? TKD lists it as a noun meaning 'love,' but
\also 'one who is loved.' Wouldn't "bangwI'" be a bit redundant?
I don't think the suggestion is to use "bangwI'" for "mate" but
for "my mate". If you tried to talk about "my mate" as "bangwI'wI'", that
would be pretty redundant, indeed... :)
I also don't think that "bang" is intended to mean love in any other
sense besides "one who is loved". The translation in the dictionary ("love, on
e
who is loved") is just in the form described in the introduction - the importan
t
word is given first, followed by the complete definition. It's not a list of
meanings, IMHO.
-MarqoS
