tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Mon Jan 27 07:25:08 2014
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Re: [Tlhingan-hol] geometry terminology in Klingon
De'vId, thanks for passing these along. IIRC the only words for basic shapes we've had before were {moQ} sphere, {gho} circle, {meyrI'} square, and (possibly) {tlhegh} line. Can anyone think of any others?
De'vID wrote:
> This following comes from Maltz (edited for format only - the original
> mail had HTML formatting):
> polygon - mey'
Deconstructing {meyrI'} "square".
> triangle - ra'Duch
> equilateral triangle - ra'Duch tIQ
Hmm... an "ancient triangle".
> isosceles triangle - ra'Duch quv or vayya'
> quadrilateral - loS reD mey'
> square - meyrI'
> rectangle - letbaQ
> pentagon - vagh reD mey'
Note the use of {reD}: {loS/vagh reD mey'} a "four/five wall polygon. We also had {Dop} "side", so I'm not sure how this is different. (I wonder if {reD} "exterior wall" and {tlhoy'} "interior wall" can be used for exterior and interior surfaces of 3-dimensional shapes?)
> star (not in sky) - DujtlhuQ
>
> pyramid - 'Impey'
> three-sided base - qu'vu'
> four-sided base - loS reD 'Impey'
> five-sided base - vagh reD 'Impey'
> cone - gho 'Impey'
pun: the Great Pyramid of (pharaoh) Khufu at Giza!
I'm sure there's a pyramid-related pun for {'Impey'} too, but I can't think of it at the moment.
> cube - buq'Ir
Cf. {buq} "pouch, bag, sack, pocket"
> prism (three-sided base) - ra'Duch tut
> cylinder - gho tut
Using {tut} "column, post".
Other geometrically related words - BTW did Okrand say how to refer to "geometry" itself? - include {Dop} side, {tajvaj} angle, {wan} be straight, {wanHa' be crooked/bent (also curved??), and {tIq} be long/lengthy as well as the various measurement-related words.
Knowing Okrand, I'm sure there are more puns. Anyone?
--
Voragh
Ca'Non Master of the Klingons
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