tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Tue May 06 07:15:30 2014
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Re: [Tlhingan-hol] Klingon Word of the Day: juv
quljIb:
>> What, pray tell, is the difference (if any) between {'ab} and {'aD}?
'eD:
> See http://klingonska.org/canon/1997-10-22-news.txt for the difference
> between {'aD} and {'ab}.
st.k (10/22/97): There are two words used for length: {'aD} and {'ab}. Both of these can be translated as "have a length of", but they are used somewhat differently. {'aD} is used in contrast with {juch} "have a width of" in measuring, say, a table top. {'ab}, on the other hand, is used for (potentially) longish, skinnyish things (for example, spears) and also for heights.
Examples of {'ab}:
jav 'ujmey 'ab SuvwI'
the warrior has a length of six *ujs*
the warrior stands six *ujs*
the warrior is six *ujs* tall (st.k 10/22/97)
vagh 'ujmey vI'ab
I have a length of five *ujs*
I'm five *ujs* tall (st.k 10/22/97)
wej 'uj 'ab naQjej
the spear has a length of three *uj*
the spear measures three *uj*
the spear is three *uj* long (st.k 10/22/97)
wej 'ujmey 'ab 'oy'naQ
Painstiks are a little over one meter long S32
loSmaH jav vI' Soch loS 'uj 'ab meH
Bridge Height: 16.28 M. (KBoP)
HIvtaHvIS toQDuj cha'vatlh wejmaH Soch vI' vagh chorgh 'uj 'ab 'oH
Attack Formation Height: 82.75 M. (KBoP)
qughtaHvIS toQDuj HutmaH vI' jav wa' 'uj 'ab 'oH
Cruise Formation Height: 31.56 M. (KBoP)
SaqtaHvIS toQDuj wa'vatlh loS vI' jav chorgh 'uj 'ab 'oH
Landing Formation Height: 36.46 M. (KBoP)
Examples of {'aD} (only one known):
wejvatlh loSmaH loS vI' vagh wej 'uj 'aD Duj
Length: 120 M. (KBoP)
FYI: "An {'uj} is a unit of linear measurement, roughly 35 centimeters" (st.k 2/03/1999)
--
Voragh
Ca'Non Master of the Klingons
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