tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Wed Jan 25 03:38:11 1995
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(n) orbit?
- From: Alan Anderson <[email protected]>
- Subject: (n) orbit?
- Date: Wed, 25 Jan 95 06:34:48 EST
I've been following the {bav} as noun discussion. I agree that trying to use
_every_ verb as a noun of similar meaning has too little justification. Until
there is either a canon usage of {bav} to mean "an orbit" or we are told by
Mr. Okrand that it can be used in that way, I think we shouldn't do it.
However, in the spirit of encouraging discussion, I offer this. As I was leafing
at random through TKD, I came across the following relevant set of definitions:
{Don} = (v) parallel, be parallel, go parallel to
{HeDon} = (n) parallel course
{He} = (n) course, route
Since we also know that
{bav} = (v) orbit
I suggest we consider the possibility that
{Hebav} = (n) orbital course or path ** proposed new word
I'm proposing a newly _discovered_ word, of course, not a newly _invented_ one! :-)
If we stretch just a little, we might try to use {bav} as an adjective.
{bav} = (v) orbit, be an orbit ** proposed extension to definition
Then {He bav} would do just fine without needing an entirely new word.
nuq bIQub?
-- ghunchu'wI'