tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Fri Apr 17 07:41:02 2015
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Re: [Tlhingan-hol] Klingon Word of the Day: ra'Duch tIQ
> Klingon Word of the Day for Friday, April 17, 2015
>
> Klingon word: ra'Duch tIQ
> Part of speech: noun
> Definition: equilateral triangle (lit: ancient triangle)
> Source: Marc Okrand at European qepHom 1/25/2014
MO to De'vID (qepHom 2014): Traditionally (meaning long ago), angles were measured using a unit called a {law}. Using the decimal counting system, there were 243 {lawmey} in a {gho} (circle), and each angle in a {ra'Duch tIQ} (equilateral triangle) had 40.5 {lawmey}. These days, Klingons reckon angles the way most of the galaxy does. The unit of measure (degree) is a {lawrI'} (some people say {law chu'}, though that's used less and less), and there are 360 {lawrI'mey} in a {gho} and 60 {lawrI'mey} in each angle of a {ra'Duch tIQ}.
TYPES OF TRIANGLES:
ra'Duch triangle
ra'Duch quv isosceles triangle (syn. {vayya'})
ra'Duch puj scalene triangle
ra'Duch tIQ equilateral triangle
ra'Duch tut prism (three-sided base)
TYPES OF POLYGONS:
mey' polygon
meyrI' square
loS reD mey' quadrilateral
vagh reD mey' pentagon
vagh reD mey' HoS regular pentagon
letbaq rectangle
SEE ALSO:
tajvaj angle
tlhegh line
Dop side
reD exterior wall [for solids?]
gho circle
gho tut cylinder
gho 'Impey' cone
Cf. the "Klingons and Geometry" page at http://www.qephom.de/e/klingon_geometry.html
SOME (POSSIBLY) USEFUL VERBS:
Sub be solid
wan be straight
wanHa' be crooked, be bent
beQ be flat
Hab be smooth
SaS be horizontal
chong be vertical
nech be lateral
yoy be upside down
taH be at a negative angle
Can anyone thing of any others?
--
Voragh
Ca'Non Master of the Klingons
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