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Re: [Tlhingan-hol] nuq bop bom: 'ay' wa'vatlh chorghmaH Soch: bIQ HeHmey rar ravHom

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<html><head></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; ">Perhaps it would help to distinguish among<div><br></div><div>QummeH 'ul</div><div>HoSmeH 'ul</div><div>wovmeH 'ul</div><div>ra'meH 'ul<br><div><br></div><div>Just a thought. Here on Earth, most forms of energy are used one way. Fuel burns for heat, or explodes to drive crank shafts (typically to turn wheels or propellers), or essentially forms a sustained explosion to drive turbines to push things through the air or to generate electricity. The electricity gets used in all sorts of ways. Computers and communication devices, locomotives, industrial robots, flashlights, spotlights (all those other kinds of lights, except for kerosine lamps), and all manner of other functions where either batteries or AC wires will power them.</div><div><br><div>
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<br><div><div>On Jun 1, 2012, at 3:00 PM, Robyn Stewart wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type="cite"><div>I considered that, but from sign, omen to something describing electricity ... it's a bit of a stretch. QIn or jabbI'ID would have been clearer for<br>me. 'ul alone was sufficient. <br><br>Sent from a mobile device through a temporary connection. <br><br>On 2012-06-01, at 11:15, "De'vID jonpIn" &lt;<a href="mailto:[email protected]";>[email protected]</a>&gt; wrote:<br><br><blockquote type="cite">De'vID:<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite">chay' SeH? &nbsp;SeHmeH 'ul maQ Qay'a'? &nbsp;pagh SeHmeH vIH'a' SIrgh'a'?<br></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">Qov:<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite">maQ vIyajbe'. &nbsp;mu' chu' tetlhmeyDaq vInej 'ach vISamlaHbe'.<br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">chu' mu'vam 'ach chu'be' je. &nbsp;{maQmIgh} DaSov, qar'a'? &nbsp;mu' ngo' 'oH.<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">{mIgh} DaSovbej je. &nbsp;qen {paq'batlh} wIlaDDI' mu'na' 'oH {maQ}'e' 'e'<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">wIghojpu'. &nbsp;raplaw' {maQmIgh}, {maQ mIgh} je.<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">Based on its use in {paq'batlh} (on p. 63), it means "signal" in the<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">sense of a sign that some action should be taken. &nbsp;I was going for<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">*{'ul maQ} to mean "electrical signal". &nbsp;I understood you were talking<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">about cables, but I wasn't sure whether the cables you were referring<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">to were electrical cables (i.e., they controlled the engine by sending<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">impulses to its motors) or mechanical/tension cables (i.e., they<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">controlled the engine by pulling on various mechanical parts). &nbsp;Also,<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">it didn't help that {HoS} means both "power" and "energy", so even if<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">you had said the cables were transferring {HoS}, I wouldn't have been<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">sure whether they transferred electrical or mechanical energy. (I'm<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">sure Klingon physicists must have specialised terms for "power",<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">"energy", and "force", as we do.) &nbsp;But your description with {luH} and<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">{yuv} answered my question.<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">-- <br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">De'vID<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">_______________________________________________<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">Tlhingan-hol mailing list<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><a href="mailto:[email protected]";>[email protected]</a><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><a href="http://stodi.digitalkingdom.org/mailman/listinfo/tlhingan-hol";>http://stodi.digitalkingdom.org/mailman/listinfo/tlhingan-hol</a><br></blockquote><br>_______________________________________________<br>Tlhingan-hol mailing list<br><a href="mailto:[email protected]";>[email protected]</a><br>http://stodi.digitalkingdom.org/mailman/listinfo/tlhingan-hol<br></div></blockquote></div><br></div></div></body></html>
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