tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Fri Feb 13 15:25:37 1998
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Re: poH'a'
- From: "William H. Martin" <[email protected]>
- Subject: Re: poH'a'
- Date: Fri, 13 Feb 1998 18:25:38 -0500 (Eastern Standard Time)
- Priority: NORMAL
On Wed, 11 Feb 1998 06:07:29 -0800 (PST) Alan Anderson
<[email protected]> wrote:
> K'ryntes jang Qov:
> >{poH'a'} refers to not so much a large period of ordinary time, but
> >something greater than time. Simply "a lot of time" would be {poH tIn}.
> >Someone is going to follow up and insist that this should be {poH law'} but
> >{poH} is a "period of time" and it's not a lot of them, but one big one that
> >your efforts demand. So I think I'm right.
>
> I agree that {poH law'} is not the right idea.
And I'm going to disagree and say that {poH law'} IS an
acceptable term. While the definition is only "many" or
"numerous", it has been applied to things you can't count, like
energy. I suggest it also means, "much", especially since there
is no OTHER word for "much". The notes I have for {law'} are:
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It can be use both for things you can count and those you can't:
- tlhIngan Dujmey law'qu' SommeyDaq batlh cha'lu'
[It] has been emblazoned upon the hulls of countless Klingon starships. SP1
- HoS law'qu' luch law'qu' je lo' Duj nuH pat Hub pat je
A huge amount of the ship's power and technology is devoted to its
weapons grid and defensive systems. SP3
- chIch vay' 'oy'moHmeH 'oy'naQ 'ul law' tlhuD 'oH
Painstiks... emit a highly-charged shock for the express purpose of
inflicting pain. S32
- HoS law'qu' natlhmo' So'wI'
Due to the tremendous energy drain of a cloaking device... S33
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> The idea considered
> here is not "many times." But it's not a "big time," either.
But it could be "much time", similar to {HoS law'}.
> It's a
> "long time." The period of time being talked about isn't "large" the
> way a physical object is. It's "lengthy" the way a boring lecture is.
{poH'a'} would be a significant time. jIHvaD qaStaHvIS qep'a'mey
poH'a'mey bIH Hoch poHmey'e'.
> The "right" way to say this is obviously {poH nI'}.
I'd be hard pressed to argue with that. Still, I think {poH
law'} is better than {poH tIn}, which is gibberish. "A large
time".
> -- ghunchu'wI'
charghwI'