tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Mon Jan 21 11:20:21 2002
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Re: [KLBC] some more questions
PeHruS:
> Keep on forgetting about ngaS. ngaS is used for "to contain something
> inside something else." It does not have the abstract meaning.
ter'eS:
: Do you have canon to support this statement? My TKD
: says {ngaS} = "contain (have inside)". Close enough to
: your gloss above, I guess, but where does it say that
: it can't have an abstract meaning?
Here's what I have in my notes about {ngaS} "contain (have inside)":
jagh lucharghlu'ta'bogh HuH ghopDu'lIj lungaSjaj!
May the bile of the vanquished fill your hands! PK
bIQ ngaS HIvje'
The cup contains water
(idiom: "be quite mistaken, be totally wrong") KGT
bIQ ngaS HIvje'lIj
Your cup contains water (i.e. "You're all wrong"). KGT
yoq yIn yuQ 'oH Qo'noS'e'. yInSIp voQSIp je ngaS muDDaj.
Qo'noS is a class-M planet with an oxygen/nitrogen atmosphere. S27
When asked about {bav} "orbit", Okrand said, "You don't need a {-Daq}. Just use
whatever it is that you are orbiting." When subsequently asked about {ngaS},
Okrand said, "Same thing." (IMO, HQ 7.4)
Cf. {buy'} "be full, be filled up" and {naQ} "be full, be whole, be entire".
Transitive verbs include {teb} "fill" and {ghod} "stuff". Use {Sev} for
"contain (an enemy)".
--
Voragh
Ca'Non Master of the Klingons