[97916] in tlhIngan-Hol
Re: [Tlhingan-hol] geometry terminology in Klingon
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Lieven)
Mon Jan 27 12:13:20 2014
Date: Mon, 27 Jan 2014 18:13:02 +0100
From: Lieven <levinius@gmx.de>
To: tlhingan-hol@stodi.digitalkingdom.org
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Am 27.01.2014 16:28, schrieb Rohan Fenwick:
> > polygon - mey=92
>
> Further to what Voragh says about {meyrI'}, I wonder if there might also
> be an etymological connection with the plural suffix {-mey}.
My First thought was that it's a typo, because we had {meyrI'} already. =
I didn't ask Okrand for that when he gave us that word, but he clearly =
said that the plural of course is {mey'mey}.
> > three-sided base - qu=92vu=92
>
> As Voragh has just pointed out (beat me to it!), Khufu was the
> 4th-Dynasty Egyptian pharaoh for whom the Great Pyramid at Giza in Egypt
> served as the tomb.
But - one should also keep in mind that Chufu's pyramid is four-sided, =
not three-sided.
> Also, for those not aware, a pyramid having a
> three-sided base (and consequently having all four sides forming
> triangles) has the special name of "tetrahedron".
To be nitpicking, this is only the case when ALL of the sides are equal, =
that is, all surfaces of it are a {ra'Duch tIQ}.
If the base of the pyramid is a {vayya'}, it's a {vayya' 'Impey}, but =
not a tetrahedron.
> Hah! I like this one. It's from the most famous cube of all, Rubik's
> Cube, but - appropriately - scrambled (buq'Ir > ru'bIq).
That one is cool - didn't see it.
-- =
Lieven L. Litaer
aka Quvar valer 'utlh
http://www.facebook.com/Klingonteacher
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