[2857] in tlhIngan-Hol
miscellaneous stuff
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU)
Fri Jan 28 13:30:08 1994
Reply-To: "Klingon Language List" <tlhIngan-Hol@klingon.East.Sun.COM>
From: shoulson@ctr.columbia.edu (Mark E. Shoulson)
To: "Klingon Language List" <tlhIngan-Hol@klingon.East.Sun.COM>
Date: Thu, 27 Jan 1994 15:55:59 -0500
>From: awest@netlink.nix.com (Amy West)
>Date: Wed, 26 Jan 94 22:12:20 PST
>Where time periods are concerned, I think we do have an example of
>how to say "short". On CK there's the expression, {lenHom} used for
>"short break". Couldn't this also be used with {poH}?
>{poHHom} = brief/short period of time. Wouldn't this also work with
>physical objects as well? {pu'Hom} = small phaser. Granted, it doesn't
>specifically refer to *length*.
Yes and no. You're right that we have "-Hom", and that'll work for lots of
situations, but somehow I don't think that a diminuative ending is really
enough to replace a verb/adjective. We have "nI'" and which aren't
overshadowed by "-'a'", and most other languages with
diminuatives/augmentitives still find time for separate words. Still, for
some things "-Hom" works, but I don't think for everything. On the other
hand, we do have "mach", which may simply be broader in meaning and handle
"short" as well.
~mark
