[85980] in tlhIngan-Hol
RE: tlhIngan Degh (was Re: bong tlhIngan Hol pIqaD je vItu')
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Steven Boozer)
Thu Jun 25 13:47:36 2009
From: Steven Boozer <sboozer@uchicago.edu>
To: "'tlhingan-hol@kli.org'" <tlhingan-hol@kli.org>
Date: Thu, 25 Jun 2009 12:45:49 -0500
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seruq@bellsouth.net writes:
>> It looks like he used it as a period.
>> mu'tlhegh (insert one of the "end" words here) ghItlhlaw'meH lo'.
lay'tel SIvten:
>I assume you mean the words {megh'an} and {'er'In}. Can those words even
>be applied to a relatively abstract object such as a sentence? The only
>words I've seen that are used as examples are "stick" and "rope" or
>"whatever".
Also bridges (the kind you walk across):
HQ 12.2:7-8: {qa'rI'} is also used for the end of bounded space which is seen as having length even if it is not enclosed space. Thus, it is used for the end of a road, the end of a bridge, the end of a long field. [...] On the other hand, if a bridge is under construction and lies halfway across a river or gorge or freeway, it may be said to have a {megh'an} (or {'er'In}). One could, in theory, hang a sign or flag from the {megh'an} (or {'er'In}), but one could walk on this incomplete bridge only as far as the {qa'rI'}.
--
Voragh
Canon Master of the Klingons
