[83900] in tlhIngan-Hol
Re: Specifying distance traveled (was Art of War Chp. 2
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Steven Boozer)
Wed Jan 9 15:20:22 2008
Date: Wed, 09 Jan 2008 14:18:22 -0600
To: tlhingan-hol@kli.org
From: Steven Boozer <sboozer@uchicago.edu>
In-Reply-To: <4785142F.4070904@trimboli.name>
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Reply-to: tlhingan-hol@kli.org
SuStel:
> > chorghSaD qelI'qam HIvchuq'e' vInoH
> > Estimating attack range in 8,000 kellicams. ST5
>
>I'm pretty sure this is "I estimate an 8,000-kellicam attack range." The
>noun phrase "8,000-kellicam attack range" should be interpreted as
>emphasis, not topic.
>
>What's always bothered ME about this sentence isn't the underlying
>grammar, it's the new word. We either have {HIvchuq} "attack range (n)"
>or {HIv chuq}, with {HIv} "attack (n)." We can't tell which.
{HIv} "attack, assault" is only attested as a verb, so this might be
evidence of a homophonous noun *{HIv}. Also from ST5, we have the line:
HIvHe yIchoHmoH!
Alter the attack course! ST5
with the same problems WRT ?{HIvHe} "attack course". But since we have
the noun {HIvDuj} "attack fighter (vessel)" listed in KGT (from HQ 1.3:9),
I feel fairly confident using them as single words. Of course, all three
could also be "de-meH'ed" phrase: {HIvDuj} <- ?{HIvmeH Duj}, etc. We have
no way of knowing at this stage.
--
Voragh
Ca'Non Master of the Klingons
