[94496] in tlhIngan-Hol
Re: [Tlhingan-hol] points, lines, triangles, general shapes,
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (De'vID)
Mon Aug 27 15:22:55 2012
In-Reply-To: <ACF6622D959A8842A81E4471BA56A7E001EF649C@xm-mbx-04-prod.ad.uchicago.edu>
Date: Mon, 27 Aug 2012 23:52:38 +0430
From: "De'vID" <de.vid.jonpin@gmail.com>
To: "tlhingan-hol@kli.org" <tlhingan-hol@kli.org>
Errors-To: tlhingan-hol-bounces@stodi.digitalkingdom.org
De'vID:
>> I'd really like to know more about Klingon vocabulary for geometry.
>> We have {meyrI'} for "square", and we sort of have {gho} for "circle",
Voragh:
> What do you mean "sort of"?
>
> meyrI'Daq 'oHtaH gho'e'
> The circle is in the square. [qep'a' 2005]
>
> 'Iw 'Ip ghomey
> "Blood Oath Circles" {title of sculpture) KCD
I wasn't sure if it referred only to physical circles (hoops), or
abstract ones. I guess the qep'a' 2005 sentence makes it clear that
it can refer to the abstract geometry shape.
De'vID:
>> and maybe we can somehow get rectangles and ellipses out of those, and
Voragh:
> You're thinking of something like *{meyrI' tIq} "long/extended square" for rectangle and *{gho tIq} "long/extended circle" for ellipse?
Exactly. Or with {taQ} instead of {tIq}.
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De'vID
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