tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Tue Jul 16 05:48:20 1996

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Re: KLBC:pngwIj

Mike Rowe (wov vIt) writes:
>pongwIj 'oH wov vIt'e'
>Light of Truth is my name.

First:  your name can be anything you want it to be, grammatical or not.

Second: {wov vIt} translates as "the truth is bright."  {wov} is not a noun,
it is a verb meaning "be light, bright"; the closest nouns we have for the
meaning "light" are {'otlh} "photon" and {tIH} "ray".  If you replace {wov}
with a noun, the word order is still backwards; {N1 N2} has the translation
"N1's N2" or "N2 of the N1".

I think {wov vIt} -- or even {wovvIt} -- is a good name anyway.

-- ghunchu'wI'               batlh Suvchugh vaj batlh SovchoH vaj

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