[85575] in tlhIngan-Hol
Re: chay' chIjmeH tlhuDtaHbogh Hovmey DIlo'laH?
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (MorphemeAddict@wmconnect.com)
Fri May 29 00:27:10 2009
From: MorphemeAddict@wmconnect.com
Date: Fri, 29 May 2009 00:23:38 EDT
To: tlhingan-hol@kli.org
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In a message dated 5/28/2009 16:50:46 Eastern Daylight Time,
brent.of.all.people@gmail.com writes:
> On Thu, May 28, 2009 at 1:06 PM, Steven Boozer <sboozer@uchicago.edu>
> wrote:
> >
> > For the astronomy buffs... Lacking a word for pulsar I came up with
> {tlhuDtaHbogh Hov} "star which
> > continuously emits (energy/radiation)" on the model of {Dejpu'bogh Hov}
> "collapsed star". Right or
> > wrong?
>
> My first reaction was "What star doesn't emit radiation?"
>
> I took a quick look at Wikipedia. Pulsars emit beams of radiation at
> predictable intervals (ie, pulses). Maybe {tIH bachbogh Hov}? Does
> {tIH bachqa'taHbogh Hov} suggested repeated intervals?
>
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pulsar
>
> bI'reng
>
My impression is that {-qa'} means resumption (after a pause), not so much
repetition.
How about {nom jIrbogh Hov} ('star which rotates rapidly)? This addresses
one of the features of a pulsar, although not the one we name it after.
lay'tel SIvten
