tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Mon Feb 28 09:57:51 2005
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RE: Klingon WOTD: ruQ (verb)
- From: "d Armond Speers, Ph.D." <[email protected]>
- Subject: RE: Klingon WOTD: ruQ (verb)
- Date: Mon, 28 Feb 2005 11:57:44 -0600
> > >> This is the Klingon Word Of The Day for Monday, February 28,
2005.
> > >>
> > >> Klingon word: ruQ
> > >> Part of Speech: verb
> > >> Definition: control manually, by hand
> > >> Source: TKD (106 KE, 141 EK)
>
> ngabwI':
> > > I thought this was {raQ}
>
> Holtej:
> >{raQ} is a "camp (military)". {ruQ} is "control manually."
>
> Voragh:
> ngabwI' is right.
No, {raQ} is "manipulate by hand, handle"; {ruQ} is "control manually,
by hand." Maybe these are different, maybe they're not, but since the
definitions are different, I list them both with separate entries.
TKD p. 105 (KE), 123 (EK): raQ (n) camp (military term)
TKD p. 106 (KE), 141 (EK): ruQ (v) control manually, by hand
KGT p. 226 (KE), 245, 249 (EK): raQ (v) manipulate by hand, handle
> This may be a typo, a look-up error or a mis-remembering by Okrand
for
> {ruQ} when he was writing KGT. But since this is the form he's
described
> with examples, as opposed to just a brief listing in a glossary, I'm
> inclined to use {raQ} over {ruQ}.
Your inclination is fine, but my presentation of the entry was not
wrong. The worst that can be said is that it was incomplete, failing
to note the similarity between the verbs {raQ} and {ruQ}. This kind
of observation is exactly the reason we have KWOTD, to help identify
these kinds of issues!
> --
> Voragh
> Ca'Non Master of the Klingons
--Holtej