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Re: [Tlhingan-hol] Klingon Word of the Day: cheb'a'
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Steven Boozer)
Mon Aug 6 12:59:18 2012
From: Steven Boozer <sboozer@uchicago.edu>
To: "tlhingan-hol@kli.org" <tlhingan-hol@kli.org>
Date: Mon, 6 Aug 2012 13:56:24 +0000
In-Reply-To: <CA+7zAmOrp7QqkFpoc18nujhzbY05z4MCwGy801S55xdzCUjTWQ@mail.gmail.com>
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De'vID:
> My tentative conclusion at the time was that there is a factor of 9
> between {cheb} and {cheb'a'}, ...
Just like the difference between {'uj} and "{j'a'}:
st.k 2/03/99: "An {'uj} is a unit of linear measurement, roughly 35 centimeters; an {'uj'a'}, or "big uj" ({'uj} plus the augmentative suffix {-'a'} "big") is nine times as long, or nine ujes, somewhat over three meters.
Confirmed by charghwI's Interview with Marc Okrand that it's a unit of weight equal to 9 times a {cheb}. (I don't have a reference. Anyone have it?)
As Felix pointed out, there is one example of {cheb'a'}:
wejvatlh SochmaH vagh SaD cheb'a'mey ngI' Duj
Mass: 8.7 KT. (KBoP)
and AFAIK there are no examples of {cheb}:
st.k 10/22/97: A common unit of weight is {cheb}, which is around five pounds (2.25 kg or so).
The verb used when speaking of weights is {ngI'} "have a weight of, weigh" also used once in the KBoP Poster.
Any more examples of weights and measures in the {paq'batlh}?
--
Voragh
Ca'Non Master of the Klingons
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