[84566] in tlhIngan-Hol
Re: Klingon WOTD: nech (verb)
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Steven Boozer)
Thu May 1 12:15:39 2008
Date: Thu, 01 May 2008 11:14:28 -0500
To: tlhingan-hol@kli.org
From: Steven Boozer <sboozer@uchicago.edu>
In-Reply-To: <5462D704-74E1-4BD1-8078-B265D0C06FF7@insightbb.com>
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Voragh:
> > What I was thinking was a motion which ghunchu'wI' himself mentioned
> > in an old post about the wing baffles {tel vID'Irmey} on the BoP
> > Poster: "They're specifically the multiple interleaved 'plates' at
> > the hinged area which slide past one another as the wing changes
> > orientation between attack, cruise, and landing configuration."
ghunchu'wI':
>{nech} "be lateral" is about direction.
It's also glossed "move laterally" in TKD so it describes movement as well
as location ("be lateral").
>You seem to want a word for the *manner* of motion.
Or at least movement vs. location. For example we have the verbs of motion
{pum} "fall", {ghIr} "descend" and {Sal} "ascend" versus the verbs of
location/orientation {chong} "be vertical", {yoy} "be upside down" and
{taH} "be at a negative angle".
>{nech} is totally the wrong direction for the wing baffles anyway.
>Both {chong} "be vertical" and {Don} "be parallel" describe them better.
If I remember the poster correctly, {ghIr} "descend" and {Sal} "ascend"
would describe the movement of the wings: e.g. {SaqmeH Sal toQDuj telmey;
HIvmeH ghIr telmey}.
--
Voragh
Ca'Non Master of the Klingons
