tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Wed Apr 23 08:45:56 2008
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Re: Klingon WOTD: SanID (number)
Voragh:
> > Are you thinking of the phrases {vatlh DIS poH}
> > and {netlh DIS poH} mentioned in HQ 8.3:
> >
> > With longer time periods, such as a century ({vatlh DIS poH}), or a
> > period of 10,000 years (myriad, perhaps) ({netlh DIS poH}), the words
> > {ret} or {pIq} may be used in place of {poH}, e.g., {cha' vatlh DIS poH}
> > "two centuries", but {cha' vatlh DIS ret} "two centuries ago". The
> > phrase {cha' vatlh ben} would mean "200 years ago". The choice of
> > construction depends on what is being emphasized: in this case, the
> > total number of centuries (two) or the total number of years (200).
> >
> > (Is {SaD DIS poH} "millennium" also mentioned in that HolQeD
> article? It's
> > not in my notes.)
lay'tel SIvten:
>Your copy of the text of HQ 8.3, p. 3, is incomplete, and lacks exactly the
>part about millennium:
> [snip]
>millennium ({SaD DIS poH}), or a
qatlho'. Somehow those four words were deleted from my file of Okrand's
articles from HolQeD.
--
Voragh
Ca'Non Master of the Klingons