tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Sun Feb 27 02:01:04 1994
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Re: pegh in PK
ghItlh charghwI'
> I think that more than whether or not a word has the word "be" in its
>definition, the pattern Okrand uses for definitions between the English to
>Klingon side and the Klingon to English side tells whether or not a verb can
>be used adverbially. {pegh} fits that pattern for an adjectivally useful
verb.
Now, wait a second. Okrand did not *define* any word in TKD. He merely used
one or more English *synonyms* for that Klingon word to give us the
impression of that particular word's semantic value. No language's words can
*define* another's words, because true semantic values differ subtly between
different cultures, and even different dialects of one language.
Ok, now that THAT's cleared up...
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