tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Fri Jan 25 11:52:43 2002
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RE: ? about a word.
Qov:
>> The example on page 69 of TKD shows that the subject of {So'} hides
>> itself, not something else.
DloraH:
> I don't have my TKD with me right now so I don't know the example
> mentioned, but I know we have {So'wI'} - cloaking device. This
> suggests to me that the subject hides an object (ie: a ship).
charghwI':
: While I don't have the direct quotes with me, I have {So'} as being used
: both transitively and intransitively, just like in English. I hide. I
: hide your present. The citations I have for it are:
: TKD word list
: TKW page 182
: TKD page 69
: HolQeD vol 8, no 4, page 12
: Anyone who would like to check out those sources could easily resolve
: this.
That's my cue...
nuqDaq So'taH yaS
Where is the officer hiding? TKD
yISo'rup
Prepare to cloak. ST5
HIvmeH Duj So'lu'
A ship cloaks in order to attack. TKW
"It is also appropriate to say {Duj So'} (He/she cloaks the ship)
or {Duj So'lu'pu'} (The ship is cloaked; literally, 'Someone or
something has cloaked the ship')." (KGT 54f)
"The challenged party may agree to the duel by answering {vISo'be'}
("I don't hide it") or the lengthier {qabwIj vISo'be'} ("I don't
hide my face"). This person is said to {'angchu'} ("show clearly"),
the usual shorthand way of saying {qabDaj 'angchu'} ("He/she shows
his/her face clearly")." (KGT 69)
Presumably {So'Ha'} "uncloak" works the same way, although we have fewer
examples:
cha yIghuS. So'Ha'!
[Arm torpedoes. Uncloak!] ST3 (untranslated)
yISo'Ha'rup, yIghuS.
Stand by to de-cloak for firing. ST5
If our attestations are representative, it appears that {So'} "hide, conceal,
cloak" usually takes an object, but doesn't have to (i.e. it's one of those
transitive verbs that can also be used intransitively).
--
Voragh
Ca'Non Master of the Klingons