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RE: tugh Hegh charghwI' jIl

• From: "Andeen, Eric" <[email protected]>
• Subject: RE: tugh Hegh charghwI' jIl
• Date: Wed, 7 Oct 1998 17:13:09 -0700

lab Qor'etlh:
> 
> ja' ghunchu'wI';
> 
>> I could really use a good way to express "wise" as 
>> opposed to "intelligent."
> 
> valna' = wise

This just doesn't work. <val> is a verb, and <-na'> is a noun suffix.

ghunchu'wI' is looking for a way to express the qualitative difference
between "intelligent" and "wise", which are both lumped under the
Klingon word <val>. Intelligence and wisdom are not the same thing,
although they are closely related.

Personally, I like ghunchu'wI''s idea of <val; qup rur>. It seems
perfect to me.


pagh
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