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Re: [Tlhingan-hol] geometry terminology in Klingon
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (De'vID)
Mon Jan 27 13:08:56 2014
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Date: Mon, 27 Jan 2014 19:08:36 +0100
From: "De'vID" <de.vid.jonpin@gmail.com>
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Voragh:
>> Note the use of {reD}: {loS/vagh reD mey'} a "four/five wall polygon.
>> We also had {Dop} "side", so I'm not sure how this is different.
Quvar:
> Well, I don't remember every use of Dop/"side", but it seems to be a more
> abstract use, as in "put it on the side", or also in the sense of "left
> side" and "right side".
>
> The surfaces / sides of a box are something else. They close a two- or
> three-dimensional area.
If {Dop} is used in a geometric context, I'd understand it as "face"
(i.e., the front or back side of a polygon).
Note that its usage in Klingon Monopoly, {'echletHom Dopvam yIcha'}
"card must be turned this side up", is consistent with this. (A card
is, after all, just a rectangle.)
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De'vID
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