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Re: Klingon-American :(

At 10:45 AM 8/14/96 -0700, Mark E. Shoulson wrote:
[...]
>>The problem I see with using veng'a' for large city is
>>that in other cases adding -'a' doesn't just mean "larger".  It changes the
>>meaning of the word to something different.  Like juH'a' meaning castle or
>>mansion, while juH means house.  juH'a' doesn't just mean a larger house.
>
>>Maybe veng'a' should mean county or state or province...
>
>No... You're contradicting yourself.  The defining feature of "veng" to me
>is that it's a collection of homes that in some sense work together and are
>known by a collective name, perhaps, etc.  Your definition seems to be
>based on the American legal definition of "township" which is nothing more
>than a plot of land.  A veng'a' need not be physically larger than a veng.
>Nor is a county or a province a city.  A county or province is perhaps a
>smaller version of a state or country (a wo'Hom??), since cities and
>counties seem to be qualitatively different, while counties and countries
>differ more in size and quantity.  A veng'a' is a "great city."  A city
>that's more city-like than most.  "Metropolis" might be a good translation
>for it.  It may be larger, it's probably more populous, likely more
>crowded, and almost certainly more important in some sense.


qaQochbe'chu'...  <veng'a'> mughlu'meH, "metropolis" nIv law' Hoch nIv puS.


--tQ


SKI:  I agree that veng'a' would be better thought of as a metropolis.



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