[86432] in tlhIngan-Hol
RE: wa'Hu' Heghpu' leSpal teH.
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Steven Boozer)
Mon Aug 17 15:03:41 2009
From: Steven Boozer <sboozer@uchicago.edu>
To: "'tlhingan-hol@kli.org'" <tlhingan-hol@kli.org>
Date: Mon, 17 Aug 2009 13:59:29 -0500
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Mark J. Reed:
>>> leSpal teH? 'Iv ghaH leSpal ngeb'e'?
Voragh:
>> vaj <<leSpalna'>> DamaS'a'?
Mark J. Reed:
>I think what is needed here is a word for "original". Neither {teH}
>nor {-na'} feels quite right.
That was exactly the problem: I considered both before finally opting for {teH}. The problem of course is that, since we have no examples in canon, we don't know when {teH} is appropriate. IF {teH} "be true" is indeed the opposite of {ngeb} "be counterfeit, be false, be fake", then examples of the latter may be of some help:
may' ngeb tIv
Hoch Everyone enjoys a mock battle. CK
tlhutlhmeH HIq ngeb qaq law' bIQ qaq puS
Drinking fake ale is better than drinking water. TKW
muD ngeb SeHwI'
pat atmospheric control system [i.e. "artificial atmosphere"] KBoP
>Maybe {leSpal wa'DIch}?
I suppose that's just as good (or not) as the others, but I would understand that as the prototype instrument, as Kahless's {batlh 'etlh} was the first {betleH}.
--
Voragh
Canon Master of the Klingons
