tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Wed Dec 20 13:52:43 2006
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Re: tlhach mu'mey: HolQeD...
...Paul:
>We need to create a list of linguistics jargon on the wiki. We can
>discuss it here...
>
>I was able to find these in the dictionary...
>
> word -> mu'
> sentence -> mu'tlhegh
> vocabulary -> mu'tay'
> noun -> DIp
> verb -> wot
> chuvmey -> pronouns, adverbs, etc.
> prefix -> moHaq
> suffix -> mojaQ
> grammar -> pab
Don't forget rover -> {lengwI'}
>But how about:
>
> subject -> ?
> predicate -> ?
> object -> ?
{DoS} "target" (n.) seems appropriate. This brings up some wordplay:
the Klingon phrase {wa' DoS wIqIp} ("We hit one target") or
the shorter {DoS wIqIp} ("We hit a target") is frequently
heard in conversations that have nothing to do with shooting,
targets, or even weaponry. It is a way of saying "We agree."
(KGT 105-06)
I've used *{Qay(be')bogh wot} for "(in)transitive verb". [cf. Rus.
*perekhodnyi glagol*] though maybe *{qIp(be')bogh wot} may be better.
> indirect object -> ?
> adjective -> ?
> letter -> ?
I've seen *{DeghHom} often used for "letter (of alphabet)" on this
List. {pIqaD} "the native Klingon writing system" is sometimes used for
"alphabet, syllabary, etc.".
>I can come up with a few phrases on my own that might convey some of
>these, like perhaps /Delbogh wot'e'/ "verb which describes" for
>"adjective", but I don't want to come off authoritarian (maybe the
>concensus is that /Delbogh mu''e'/ is better,
Purpose-nouns may be better for these linguistic terms: *{DelmeH wot}
"quality, stative verb."
Other terms (some of my own invention) I've found in my notes are:
*{HolHom} is widely used on this List for "dialect", implying *{Hol'a'}
"Ursprache, parent language" (e.g. Indo-European, Proto-Semitic).
*{vangmeH wot} "action verb"
*{vang'eghbogh mojaq} "reflexive suffix"
*{vangchuqbogh mojaq} "reciprocal suffix"
*{DIp lIw} "pronoun" - or just {lIw} "substitute, stand-in, temporary
surrogate". Glen Proechel used
*{DIpvaD tam}.
*{mu'tlhegh'a'} "paragraph" (from David Barron)
*{mu'tlheghghom} "corpus" (also *{chovnatlhghom})
*{mu'tlheghHom} "clause". Qov once used *{mu'tlheghHom potlh} for "main
clause".
*{yu'bogh mu'} "interrogative" (Glen Proechel)
--
Voragh
Ca'Non Master of the Klingons