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[Tlhingan-hol] paq'batlh: VERBS USED AS NOUNS
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Agnieszka Solska)
Sat Nov 26 17:10:08 2011
From: Agnieszka Solska <agnpau1@hotmail.com>
To: tlhIngan Hol <tlhingan-hol@kli.org>, tlhIngan Hol mailing list
<tlhingan-hol@stodi.digitalkingdom.org>
Date: Sat, 26 Nov 2011 22:09:47 +0000
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Clear cases:
{tuj} =96 n. heat =
=A0=A0 Their anger so hot,
=A0=A0=A0=A0 It could melt the rock
=A0=A0 tujqu'choHmo' QeHchaj
=A0=A0=A0=A0 nagh tetlaH tujvam
=A0=A0 (pp 76-77)
{puj} =96 n. weakness
=A0=A0 United to do battle together!
=A0=A0 Against fear and against weakness!
=A0=A0 SuvvIpghach puj je
=A0=A0 HarghmeH yeq chaH
=A0=A0 (pp 118-119)
{ghom} =96 n. assembly =
=A0=A0 SIqral bIQtIq ghom
=A0=A0 Assembly at the River Skral
=A0=A0 (pp 140-141, 202-203)
=A0=A0 The word cannot be a verb because then the line would mean =
=A0=A0 "They meet the River Skral", which doesn't make sense in the =
=A0=A0 light of what happens in the book.
Unclear cases:
- {ngaS} =96 Contents (pp 200-201)
- {Dor} =96 The End (pp 44-45, 200-201)
- {tagh} =96 The Beginning (pp 48-49, 200-201)
- {wam} =96 The Hunt (pp 56-57, 200-201)
- {tuH} =96 Humilation (pp 58, 200-201)
- {tlha'} =96 The Pursuit (pp 72-73, 200-201)
- {veqlargh toj} =96 The Deceit of Fek'lhr (pp 96-97)
- {nargh} =96 The Escape (pp 106-107, 202-203)
- {SaqSubDaq chegh} =96 Return to the Saq'sub (pp 118-119, 202-203)
All of these are titles of specific cantos with the exception of {ngaS},
which can also be considered as a type of heading naming a section in a
book. The problem is that while some cantos bear the titles in which the do=
er =
of the action is clearly specified, as in:
- {'omchoH chaH} =96 Forging the Resistance
- {Hay' chaH} =96 The Duel
- {ghe'tor 'el qeylIS} =96 Kahless enters Gre'thor
- {ghom gholpu'} =96 The Opponents meet
some cantos do not and the key word they contain could be interpreted as a =
noun or
as a verb.
I'd say the following should probably be interpreted as verbs:
- {Dor} =96 literally "(It/Something) ends"; =
=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0 after all there is a known noun meaning "end", =
i.e. {bertlham},
- {tagh} =96 literally "(It/Something) begins"; =
=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0 after all there is a known noun meaning "beg=
inning", i.e. {bI'reS},
- {wam} =96literally "(They) hunt";=A0 =
=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0 after all there is a known noun meaning "hunt", i.=
e. {chon},
I am not so sure about the status of the key word in the remaining titles. =
Assuming that the titles are inconsistent with respect to using explicit =
subjects, the title {veqlargh toj} can be interpreted as "He (i.e. Kahless) =
deceives Fek'rlh" or it could be interpreted as a two noun construction, =
with {toj} functioning as the noun "deceit". =
Other titles like that include:
- {ngaS} =96 "contents or "It (i.e. the book) contains,
- {tuH} =96 "humiliation" or "(He) is ashamed",
- {tlha'} =96 "pursuit" or "(They) pursue" or "(He) pursues (him)",
- {nargh} =96 "escape" or "(They) escape",
- {SaqSubDaq chegh} =96 "Return to the Saq'sub or "(They) return to the Saq=
'sub"
'ISqu'
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