[87129] in tlhIngan-Hol
RE: How {wanI'} gets used
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Steven Boozer)
Wed Nov 25 14:38:02 2009
From: Steven Boozer <sboozer@uchicago.edu>
To: "'tlhingan-hol@kli.org'" <tlhingan-hol@kli.org>
Date: Wed, 25 Nov 2009 13:31:56 -0600
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Christopher Doty:
>>>(Sidenote: is this how wanI' gets used? I've seen it here and in
>>>Gilgamesh, but it doesn't make sense with the phenomenon translation.)
Voragh:
>> {wanI'} "phenomenon, event, occurrence" in canon:
Chris:
>Cheers, thanks! I was using the iPhone app, which only gives
>"phenomenon" as a translation for wanI'; event/occurrence makes
>much more sense :)
I take it the iPhone app only gives one word translations - apparently the first word in the TKD/KGT glossary entry? I'll have to keep that in mind when doing a "canon sweep" for people.
BTW please don't hesitate to ask for examples of how words and affixes have been used in canon -- either on or off-list. Keep in mind that many words have never been used in a sentence or explained by Okrand and so we're still unsure about how some of these work in practice. (E.g. Can a particular verb take an object? If so, is the object a person or thing? etc.)
I don't mind and, as you've seen, it can start some interesting threads.
--
Voragh
Canon Master of the Klingons
