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Re: [Tlhingan-hol] geometry terminology in Klingon
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (nIqolay q)
Mon Jan 27 16:05:23 2014
Date: Mon, 27 Jan 2014 16:05:03 -0500
From: nIqolay q <niqolay0@gmail.com>
To: tlhIngan-Hol <tlhingan-hol@kli.org>
Errors-To: tlhingan-hol-bounces@kli.org
On Mon, Jan 27, 2014 at 2:41 PM, De'vID <de.vid.jonpin@gmail.com> wrote:
> De'vID:
> The questions the list has raised for me so far:
> * How does one distinguish between, say, a pentadecagon (15-sided polygon)
> and 10 pentagons? {wa'maH vagh reD mey'} could be either.
> * How does one say, or indicate, the concept of a right angle? (I think
> {DonHa'} would work for this, but I want to hear it from Maltz.)
> * What about scalene triangles?
> * Whether the general way to say a "regular" polygon (one with equal sides
> and angles) is {tIQ}.
> * How to say "solid" (the three-dimensional analogue to a polygon).
> * Is {Dop} the word for "face" of a polygon (because it's used to indicate
> the face of a card in Klingon Monopoly).
>
> --
> De'vID
To go with the right angle question: What units are Klingon angles
measured in, and what is the associated phrasing of saying "this angle
is <whatever> degrees"?
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