tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Sun Dec 11 16:05:17 1994
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Hech
>Subject: Re: KLBC: -lu'be'
>Date: 94-12-10 13:34:11 EST
>From: [email protected] (Silauren Half-Elven)
>*TKD*Daq //mojaQ// Hech *suffix* 'ach *TKD*Daq *suffix* Hech >//mojaq//.
>lughtaH //mojaQ// //mojaq// ghap. lughtaH nuq?
Now, be careful. {Hech} is not being used properly here. When you use {Hech},
you aren't saying "mean" as in "one word means another," or, "What does this
phrase mean?" {Hech}, if you look it up in TKD, means "intend" or "mean to".
It describes intent. It does *not* describe symbolic meaning, as in words.
Too many people have been abusing {Hech} in this way, including our
hard-working BG, charghwI', who's usually never so off-base. Okrand made a
point about describing {Hech} as indicating intent by giving its English
equivalent as "mean to" and never just "mean." Nevertheless, it is abused.
If you find difficulty expressing, "X means Y," then I would suggest such
solutions as with {'oS}, {yajmoH}, {ja'}, {Del}, and even several others. But
do not expect tlhIngan Hol to have an all-purpose word indicating "meaning"
of a word, because it is not to be found. It is best recasted.
Here are some examples:
{"QIH" 'oS "destruction"} = "QIH" means "destruction"
{nuq wIyajmeH mu'tlheghvam nuja'} = What does she mean by that phrase?
{qaS lot'a' 'e' Dellaw' maQmIghvetlh} = This omen seems to mean a great
disaster will occur.
Here are some correct usages of {Hech}:
{may' Hech Da'} = The corporal intends the battle.
{tachDaq ghaH vIghom 'e' vIHech} = I intend to meet him at the bar.
Anyways, since this post was about the word {mojaq}, I'll voice my own
opinion on how that goes and see just what comes of it with the rest of you.
On the K-E side, it is {mojaq}. On the E-K side, it is {mojaQ}. So how are we
to know which it is? Well, the word for "prefix" is {moHaq} on both sides and
I'd just like the symmetry that would exist between these two words if it
were {mojaq}. {mojaq} & {moHaq}. Nice symmetry. I know that's a huge
assumption and I could be way out in left field, like I am usually anyways,
so I'm just waiting for God's final word on how this should be.
-=-G-=-