tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Mon Jan 29 10:46:39 2001
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Re: Klingon WOTD: leSSov (n)
On Mon, 29 Jan 2001, Steven Boozer wrote:
> > Klingon word: leSSov
> > Part of Speech: noun
> > Definition: forsight
>
> Usually spelled "foresight".
>
> {leSSov} is not attested in canon.
>
> quljIb:
> : *groan* This must be the worst pun I've ever seen.
>
> nuqjatlh? I don't see it. The word for "four" is {loS} not {leS},
> which is a bound morpheme meaning "days from now" - e.g. {wa'leS}
> tomorrow, {cha'leS day} after tomorrow, etc. - plus {Sov} "knowledge".
> Thus {leSSov} is "fore-knowledge" or "knowledge from now" (i.e. from the
> future).
All true. But the {leS} so close to {Sov} fools the eye into thinking
{loS}. Plus, there's a word association between 'foresight' and
'four-sight'.
As to {Hu'Sov} 'hindsight', that begs the question: would a word like
{benSov} 'ancient knowledge' (lit. 'knowledge from years ago') be
considered valid?
quljIb