tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Wed Feb 25 09:50:50 1998
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Re: 'ul
- From: Steven Boozer <[email protected]>
- Subject: Re: 'ul
- Date: Wed, 25 Feb 1998 11:48:39 -0600 (CST)
: (Hmm, lugh nuq: ['ar 'ul] ['ul 'ar] joq
: qoj [Hoch] rur'a'
:
: DloraH
{'ar} always follows a singular noun; thus, it would be {'ul 'ar}. Cf. also
SkyBox S32:
chIch vay' 'oy'moHmeH 'oy'naQ 'ul law' tlhuD 'oH
Painstiks... emit a highly-charged shock for the express purpose of
inflicting pain.
{'ul law'} - "many 'uls" or "a lot of 'ul"? This brings up another point
I've wondered about: is {'ul} a quantifiable mass noun referring to
electricity or electrical force in general (like {tlham} "gravity" or {HoS}
"power"), or a countable electric "shock" or "jolt", or both? AFAIK, the
only other mention of {'ul} by Okrand is KGT p.65:
"the painstik, 'oy'naQ, a long staff that emits a powerful (and painful)
jolt of electricity ('ul)"
However, see SkyBox S33 for an example of {law'} with an apparent mass noun:
HoS law'qu' natlhmo' So'wI'
Due to the tremendous energy drain of a cloaking device...
Voragh
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