tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Wed Apr 03 11:18:46 2002
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Re: Subject: poH (was: RE: vay' loSbogh ghaH. Suq)
DloraH, BG wrote:
> >:> That's my attempt at a restoration of the old saying "Time will drag
> >:> your enemies past your door".
> >
> > : On a good note, I'm glad you didn't use poH.
> >
> > qatlh? nuq 'oSlaH mu' {poH}? nuq 'oSlaHbe'?
>
>/poH/ is "period of time".
>
>"A period of time will drag your enemies past your door."
>This doesn't work. Ok, sure, the time one spends waiting at the door is a
>period of time; but "time" here is refering to that continuous, linear*
>dimension. /poH/ refers to only a segment of that dimension.
{poH} occurs as an element in the following words and phrases, all
referring to discrete time periods of various lengths or kinds:
{vatlh DIS poH} century ("hundred year period")
{HovpoH} stardate
{leSpoH} shore leave ("rest period")
{puq poH} generation ("child period")
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Voragh
Ca'Non Master of the Klingons