[91753] in tlhIngan-Hol
Re: [Tlhingan-hol] qo''e' tu'bogh pagh - 'ay' loS
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Steven Boozer)
Wed Jan 18 17:03:03 2012
From: Steven Boozer <sboozer@uchicago.edu>
To: "tlhingan-hol@kli.org" <tlhingan-hol@kli.org>
Date: Wed, 18 Jan 2012 16:02:45 -0600
In-Reply-To: <C305E6BD33E2654DAE1F8F403247B6A603207847629B@EVS02.ad.uchicago.edu>
Errors-To: tlhingan-hol-bounces@stodi.digitalkingdom.org
De'vID:
>> Dor ghu'vam'e' luDIllaHbe'bogh tlhInganpu'.
>> boQDu': *Bill*, 'ejyo' wIpujqu'moH 'e' wIchup'a'?
QeS 'utlh:
> I don't think {wIpujqu'moH} is quite right. They're not talking about
> weakening Starfleet - to me mothballing it implies putting it away more
> or less completely, because it's become obsolete. Actually, what about
> {wInotlhmoH}?
De'vID:
>> I'm not sure that {notlhmoH} has that meaning. {notlhmoH}
>> sounds like one is making something obsolete, for example,
>> making the Enterprise A obsolete by developing a faster/
>> more powerful starship, or making warfare obsolete by
>> rendering it uneconomical. As you said, mothballing
>> something means it's already obsolete, so {notlhmoH}
>> doesn't apply. Maybe {notlhmo' ...} but I can't think
>> of a word for "store, put in storage".
As for "store, put in storage" - consider {pol} "keep, save":
nuqDaq yuch Dapol
Where do you keep the chocolate? (TKD)
vIpollaH pagh vIpolHa'laH
I can either keep it or I can discard it. (KGT)
Soj polmeH pa'
food storage [i.e. a locker/compartment] KBoP
polmeH jav QujwI' lIwmey
6 collectible tokens (MKE [Monopoly])
The KBOP and MKE examples are apt.
--
Voragh
Ca'Non Master of the Klingons
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