[86879] in tlhIngan-Hol
RE: tlhIngan porgh
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Steven Boozer)
Fri Nov 20 15:25:55 2009
From: Steven Boozer <sboozer@uchicago.edu>
To: "'tlhingan-hol@kli.org'" <tlhingan-hol@kli.org>
Date: Fri, 20 Nov 2009 14:22:50 -0600
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Fiat Knox:
>> What would "pathology" be, then? *HeghQeD*?
lay'tel SIvten:
>I don't think so. First, how do you define "pathology"? To me it has more
>to do with study of disease than study of death.
>And in any case, it would likely be two words, Hegh QeD, not a compound,
>at least until canon for it appears.
Fiat Knox:
>> rop QeD for the study of disease, tar QeD for the study of poisons, and
>> Hegh QeD for the study of death. That'll do for me.
TKD 9: Three groups of words in particular are, for the most part, unrepresented: scientific terminology... Terms associated with the various sciences are the subject of a special study, and a report is currently being prepared.
Of the names of the five "canonical" sciences, four are one-word compounds:
HolQeD linguistics (KGT)
HuchQeD economics (KGT)
nughQeD sociology (approved by MO per Yens Wahlgren, 1/18/05)
porghQeD the scientific study of bodily functions (HQ 12.4)
and the fifth is a noun-noun phrase, itself formed from the noun-noun phrase {Hov leng} "Star Trek":
Hov leng QeD Treknology (STC)
Based on this pattern, I generally opt for the one-word option when I need to refer to one of the sciences. In fact, I've seen a whole slew of these on the List over the years, e.g.:
*be'QeD gynaecology
*bIQQeD hydrology
*bomQeD poetics
*chanQeD orientalism
*DepQeD zoology
*De'wI'QeD computer science, cybernetics
*ghewQeD entomology
*ghItlhQeD epigraphy
*ghorQeD geography
*HapQeD chemistry
*HovQeD astronomy
*naghQeD geology
*naHQeD botany, horticulture
*pIghQeD archaeology
*pu'jInQeD cartography
*qo'QeD geography
*qunQeD historiography
*tarQeD toxicology
*veSQeD military science
*yabQeD psychology (KLI)
*yInQeD biology
*yuQQeD planetology
'u'QeD cosmology, astrophysics
But in the absence of specific canon, it's still a matter of personal taste.
--
Voragh
Canon Master of the Klingons
