tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Thu Dec 10 06:06:14 1998
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Re: Klingon Bird of Prey (KBP) poster: THE TEXT!
- From: "William H. Martin" <[email protected]>
- Subject: Re: Klingon Bird of Prey (KBP) poster: THE TEXT!
- Date: Thu, 10 Dec 1998 09:06:12 -0500 (Eastern Standard Time)
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On Wed, 9 Dec 1998 14:15:19 -0800 (PST) Steven Boozer
<[email protected]> wrote:
> : At 11:05 AM 12/9/98 -0800, charghwI' wrote:
...
> : >> 30. tal SeHwI' nguSDI'
> : >> Cannon Control Motor
> : >
> : >Motor. New word.
> :
> : I wonder if this is supposed to be /nguSwI'/.
>
> And speaking of typos, that's a likely one since D and W are next to each
> other
> on the keyboard. I assume the lettering was done on the computer and not
> drawn
> by hand. But, now it's canon and Okrand tends to accept such mistakes.
Well, it could go either way, since it is a noun and lots of
nouns are polysyllabic. I don't know what the verb {nguS} would
mean. "Turn"? "Twist"? "Push"? "Cause to move"? The word might
as well be {nguSDI'}. The only problem is that it looks like a
verb.
> : -- ter'eS
>
>
> _________________________________________________________________________
> Voragh "Grammatici certant et adhuc sub judice
> Ca'Non Master of the Klingons lis est." Horace (Ars Poetica)
charghwI' 'utlh