tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Fri Jan 24 16:47:19 2003
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Re: Klingon WOTD: quv (n)
Voragh:
> > ... though there are certainly contradictory examples out there. E.g.:
> >
> > batlh potlh law' yIn potlh puS
> > Honor is more important than life. TKW
> >
> > batlh qelDI' tlhIngan, lumbe'
> > A Klingon does not postpone a matter of honor. TKW
> >
> > {quv} would have worked in these as well if I'm right that {quv} implies
> > personal honor, especially in the last example.
DloraH:
>(Not agreeing nor disagreeing with your concept, but just going along with
>the
>conversation...)
>
>I can easily see these two refering to the general concepts of honor. Yes,
>they can certainly work refering to one's own honor, but I think these can
>also
>be general statements.
To test my idea that {batlh} is more inclusive, and probably subsumes,
{quv} I'd like to ask Maltz whether the following makes any sense:
? batlh potlh law' quv potlh puS.
<batlh> is more important than <quv>.
or would he consider it to be utter nonsense.
--
Voragh "Damage control is easy. Reading Klingon
- that's
Ca'Non Master of the Klingons hard!" (Montgomery
Scott, STIV)