[84528] in tlhIngan-Hol
Re: Klingon WOTD: nech (verb)
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Sangqar)
Mon Apr 28 19:05:09 2008
Date: Mon, 28 Apr 2008 17:03:36 -0600
From: Sangqar <Sangqar@hotmail.com>
To: tlhingan-hol@kli.org
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Alan Anderson wrote:
>>> Klingon word: nech
>>> Part of Speech: verb
>>> Definition: be lateral, move laterally
>
> On Apr 28, 2008, at 11:01 AM, Steven Boozer wrote:
>> Can {nech} also cover "move side-to-side", "move horizontally",
>> "slide"?
>
> It obviously covers the first two; "laterally" *means* to or from the
> side.
>
> However, I don't see where "slide" fits here. Most things that slide
> in my house move front-to-back, not side-to-side, and most things
> that I see sliding outside my house do it by moving diagonally downward.
nechbogh lojmIt ghajlaH pa', ngop ngaSwI', latlh Doch je. chaq lojmIt
Seghvam pong 'oHlaH <lojmIt nech>.
