[85582] in tlhIngan-Hol
RE: White Dwarfs and Neutron Stars
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Steven Boozer)
Fri May 29 13:00:18 2009
From: Steven Boozer <sboozer@uchicago.edu>
To: "'tlhingan-hol@kli.org'" <tlhingan-hol@kli.org>
Date: Fri, 29 May 2009 11:58:41 -0500
In-Reply-To: <718375.59434.qm@web24001.mail.ird.yahoo.com>
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Fiat Knox (Alex):
>White dwarf stars and neutron stars are, in essence, the remains of dead
>stars which collapsed, degenerating their matter into something akin to a
>big diamond the size of the Earth (white dwarfs) and a block of neutrons
>the size of Milwaukee (neutron stars).
>
>So how about [Hov lom] (white dwarf) and [Hov lomHom] (neutron star), or
>some such?
This should be *{lom Hov} "corpse star" or even *{lomHov}. It's a type of star, not a type of corpse. Compare the various ship types: HIvDuj, may'Duj, qughDuj, SuyDuj, toDDuj, tongDuj, toQDuj, tlharghDuj, veQDuj, veSDuj, etc.
But more importantly, how is this better than {Dejpu'bogh Hov} "collapsed star"?
Dejpu'bogh Hov rur qablIj
Your face looks like a collapsed star! (PK)
You could say *{Dejpu'bogh HovHom} for the smaller variety if you really need to.
--
Voragh
Canon Master of the Klingons
