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Re: [Tlhingan-hol] geometry terminology in Klingon
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Rohan Fenwick)
Mon Jan 27 10:28:36 2014
From: Rohan Fenwick <qeslagh@hotmail.com>
To: "tlhingan-hol@kli.org" <tlhingan-hol@kli.org>
Date: Tue, 28 Jan 2014 01:28:21 +1000
In-Reply-To: <CA+7zAmMKFdm0vGcZKtrGtQtwPBH9pMsbj5v3rWmKdTri27+T8g@mail.gmail.com>
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ghItlhpu' De'vID=2C jatlh:
> I received an email from Dr. Okrand this morning=2C which contained a
> list of vocabulary.
maj! Some useful words in amongst these for architects=2C builders=2C geome=
ters. Some clear puns in amongst them too :)
> polygon - mey=92
Further to what Voragh says about {meyrI'}=2C I wonder if there might also =
be an etymological connection with the plural suffix {-mey}.
> rectangle - letbaQ
Possible pun: "Let[ter]box"?
> three-sided base - qu=92vu=92
As Voragh has just pointed out (beat me to it!)=2C Khufu was the 4th-Dynast=
y Egyptian pharaoh for whom the Great Pyramid at Giza in Egypt served as th=
e tomb. Also=2C for those not aware=2C a pyramid having a three-sided base =
(and consequently having all four sides forming triangles) has the special =
name of "tetrahedron".
> cube - buq=92Ir
Hah! I like this one. It's from the most famous cube of all=2C Rubik's Cube=
=2C but - appropriately - scrambled (buq'Ir > ru'bIq).
QeS
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br><div>>=3B list of vocabulary.<br><br>maj! Some useful words in amongst=
these for architects=2C builders=2C geometers. Some clear puns in amongst =
them too :)<br><br>>=3B polygon - mey=92<br><br>Further to what Voragh sa=
ys about {meyrI'}=2C I wonder if there might also be an etymological connec=
tion with the plural suffix {-mey}.<br><br>>=3B rectangle - letbaQ<br=
><br>Possible pun: "Let[ter]box"?<br><br>>=3B three-sided base - qu=92v=
u=92<br><br>As Voragh has just pointed out (beat me to it!)=2C Khufu was th=
e 4th-Dynasty Egyptian pharaoh for whom the Great Pyramid at Giza in Egypt =
served as the tomb. Also=2C for those not aware=2C a pyramid having a three=
-sided base (and consequently having all four sides forming triangles) has =
the special name of "tetrahedron".<br><br>>=3B cube - buq=92Ir<br><br>Hah=
! I like this one. It's from the most famous cube of all=2C Rubik's Cube=2C=
but - appropriately - scrambled (buq'Ir >=3B ru'bIq).<br><br>QeS<br></di=
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