tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Mon Jul 01 11:39:02 1996
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Re: KBLC re: -mo'
ghunchu'wI' means "one who programs perfectly" (or "clearly", depending, one
supposes, on how modest Alan is feeling at the time. :))
We don't have a word for "computer program" - we have a verb for
"program [a computer]", and there are no rules for turning verbs into
nouns (apart from the one that says "add {-wI} to refer to the
performer of the action"). {ghun} is a likely candidate, since the
noun for something is often the same as the verb, but until it appears
in canon, the word doesn't exist. If you find yourself needing the word
for "computer program", recast what you're trying to say so that you
can use the verb instead.
-marqoS
Dave Yeung <[email protected]> writes:
\ On Mon, 1 Jul 1996 [email protected] wrote:
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\ > Doesn't ghunchu'wI' mean programmer?
\ >
\ > peHruS
\ >
\
\ chay' tlhIngan HolDaq "computer program (n)" jatlhlu'?
\ "ghun" 'oH'a'? pagh "ghunghach" 'oH'a'?
\
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\ dave yeung (no tlhIngan name... yet)
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