tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Fri Jul 04 01:30:16 2003
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{ghang} (was Nonnes qui reposez)
>[email protected] wrote:
>
>The most fascinating new word concept I find is {ghang}, especially if it is
>related to {ghangwI'}, the end of one's view of both earth and sky. Old
>Chinese for "horizon" is {gan}.
At 10:46 PM 7/3/2003 -0700, Klingon Warrior wrote:
>I don't have the word /ghang/ in my computer program. What does it
>mean? I know that /ghongwI'/ means horizon, but /ghong/?
Watch your spelling (and pronunciation) - Note that {ghong} is "abuse"
(both the noun and the verb), and appears in TKD.
{ghangwI'} is the noun "horizon", which Maltz gave us with the vocabulary
for aviation a while ago.
Maybe to remember the difference:
{ghong} has the same vowel sound as {chong} ("be vertical").
{ghang} has the same vowel sound as {SaS} ("be horizontal"), and a
{ghangwI'} is a *horizon*tal line in the distance.
{ghang} is a verb that appears in the latest issue of HolQeD; You should to
subscribe to HolQeD if you don't already - the new vocabulary looks like it
is and will be fascinating :-D
The verb {ghang} may or may not be related to the word for horizon. It
would be interesting if Klingons thought of the horizon as the place where
the sky/ground was stopped (being created) prematurely.
- taD