[88429] in tlhIngan-Hol
Re: monastery
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Michael Roney, Jr. PKT)
Sun Dec 19 12:50:46 2010
Date: Sun, 19 Dec 2010 12:40:51 -0500
From: "Michael Roney, Jr. PKT" <nahqun@gmail.com>
To: <tlhingan-hol@kli.org>
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QeS 'utlh>
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The English word "monastery" now only refers to the building, but judging
solely from Okrand's phrasing - "a pretty general term for a religious
community" - I'm led to think that {ghIn} might well refer to the community
itself.
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Exactly, the phrasing makes one wonder.
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>If that's the case, maybe *{ghIn qach} "monastery building" would be
understood to refer specifically to the building, though if a {ghIn} is the
community rather than the building, perhaps the home of a {ghIn} is just
considered a type of {chIrgh} "temple". Indeed, if a {ghIn} is really more
the community than the building, and if Okrand's note on the term
"religious"in the gloss offers as much latitude as it seems to, I wonder if,
say, the Old Order Amish (not a monastery in any usual sense of the word)
could be
considered a {ghIn}.
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So now I have to ask, is a ghIn defined by geography?
There's an Amish community a few hours North of me.
There is a defined geographic area for this group.
But other religious communities don't necessarily have the same boundaries.
They live intermingled with other religious and non-religious groups.
Can I refer to the yID ghIn in Indianapolis? Despite the fact that they are
spread out? Or the yID ghIn in general; with a global perspective?
~naHQun
~Michael Roney, Jr.
Professional Klingon Translator
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