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Re: [Tlhingan-hol] geometry terminology in Klingon
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Rohan Fenwick)
Mon Jan 27 18:36:30 2014
From: Rohan Fenwick <qeslagh@hotmail.com>
To: "tlhingan-hol@kli.org" <tlhingan-hol@kli.org>
Date: Tue, 28 Jan 2014 09:36:01 +1000
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ghItlhpu' De'vID=2C jatlh:
> Oh=2C that's a good question. I don't know=2C but I'll ask. I intend to r=
eply to
> Dr. Okrand's mail with some questions of my own=2C so if anyone else has
> noticed anything missing from the list or which needs to be clarified=2C
> please let me know.
jang naHQun=2C jatlh:
> The generic word for "shape".
>=20
> Possibly even "diamond"=2C "heart"=2C "oval"=2C "semi-circle"=2C and "cre=
scent".
"Semicircle" seems easily done with {bID gho} (as opposed to {gho bID}=2C w=
hich I would interpret as "half of the circle" - which is still a semicircl=
e=2C but implies that it has a matching half). A diamond is a special case =
of a {loS reD mey'}.
"Heart" is heavily culturally bound and probably not something Klingons hav=
e a word for. The heart shape doesn't come from a human heart's shape=3B it=
's been speculated that it comes rather from the shape of a fig or ivy leaf=
=2C or alternately=2C from the seeds of a now-extinct plant called silphium=
by the Romans.
QeS
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t=3B Oh=2C that's a good question. I don't know=2C but I'll ask. I intend t=
o reply to<br><div>>=3B Dr. Okrand's mail with some questions of my own=
=2C so if anyone else has<br>>=3B noticed anything missing from the list =
or which needs to be clarified=2C<br>>=3B please let me know.<br><br>jang=
naHQun=2C jatlh:<br>>=3B The generic word for "shape".<br>>=3B <br>>=
=3B Possibly even "diamond"=2C "heart"=2C "oval"=2C "semi-circle"=2C and "c=
rescent".<br><br>"Semicircle" seems easily done with {bID gho} (as opposed =
to {gho bID}=2C which I would interpret as "half of the circle" - which is =
still a semicircle=2C but implies that it has a matching half). A diamond i=
s a special case of a {loS reD mey'}.<br><br>"Heart" is heavily culturally =
bound and probably not something Klingons have a word for. The heart shape =
doesn't come from a human heart's shape=3B it's been speculated that it com=
es rather from the shape of a fig or ivy leaf=2C or alternately=2C from the=
seeds of a now-extinct plant called silphium by the Romans.<br><br>QeS<br>=
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