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Re: [Tlhingan-hol] Klingon Word of the Day: Sum
> Klingon Word of the Day for Friday, May 22, 2015
>
> Klingon word: Sum
> Part of speech: verb
> Definition: be near, be nearby
Sum Daqmeyvam, tera'ngan
These places are nearby, Terran. CK
pIvghor yIchu' 'ej Duj Sumqu' yIjaH
Warp to the nearest vessel. MKE
pIvghor yIchu' 'ej HoSHal Sumqu' yIjaH
Advance to the nearest energy source. MKE
yuQ SumDaq cha'puj law' Datu'
Detect large sums of dilithium on nearby planet. MKE
MSN expert.forum (9/1997): As for how to use {Sum} "be near, nearby" - that will require some more time with Maltz. {Do' Sum matlh}. I would think, however, that it would work the same way as {Hop} "be far".
Will Martin (charghI') later interviewed Okrand on deixis (HQ Dec. 1998:9-10):
MO: Using the verbs Sum and Hop involves this concept.
WM: So I could not say raSvam vISum to say, I am near the table.
MO: No. You'd just say Sum raS. The verb Sum implies that the speaker
is the one the subject is near at the time of speaking. Hop jabwI'. The
waiter is far from me right now.
WM: Like if I wanted to say, You are near the table, could I say SoHvaD
Sum raS?
MO: No. You'd use -Daq: SoHDaq Sum raS. This throws the orientation away
from the speaker (unmarked, unstated) and to the listener (marked, stated:
"at you, where you are"). But you don't always need to state this overtly.
Context is critical. For example: qagh largh SuvwI' ghung. Sum qagh 'e' Sov.
The hungry warrior smells the gagh. He/she knows the gagh is nearby. The
only interpretation of this (absent other information) is that the warrior
knows the gagh is near the warrior, not the warrior knows the gagh is near
the speaker of the sentences. If context isn't clear, you can clarify:
Question: Sum'a' raS? Is the table near (me)? (Am I near the table?)
Answer: HIja'. Sum raS. Yes. The table is near (you).
Answer: ghobe'. jIHDaq Sum raS. No. The table is near me.
WM: And could I say maSumchuq?
MO: No. You'd just say bISum or SuSum. If you haven't, in the course of
the conversation, set things up otherwise, it's assumed that the event being
talked about is taking place where the speaker is. In fact, jISum alone
probably would make no everyday sense to a Klingon. I am near me. But it
does have an idiomatic philosophical sense, something like I'm in touch with
my inner self (but in a Klingon sort of way, of course).
SEE ALSO:
chuq range, distance (n)
retlh area beside, next to, beside (n)
Hop be far, be remote (v):
SuvwI' vI' Dub naQvam 'ej ray' HopDaq bachlu'meH chuqna' ghurmoH naQvam
This serves to steady the aim of a warrior and increase the effective
range for distance targeting. S14
Daq HopHa'Daq qa'chaj nejlI' qotar Qempa'QeH je
Not far away, Kotar and his Qempa'keh, are in search for their souls. PB
HaDlu'meH, QuSlu'meH, SuDlu'meH lojmIt Da logh Hop Hut tengchaH. vaj
loghDaq lenglaHtaH Humanpu'
space station Deep Space Nine is the gateway for the exploration, intrigue
and enterprise that mark the continuation of the human adventure into
space... S99
--
Voragh
Ca'Non Master of the Klingons
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