tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Thu Aug 07 10:13:33 1997
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Re: New word from Okrand (vegh)
- From: "William H. Martin" <[email protected]>
- Subject: Re: New word from Okrand (vegh)
- Date: Thu, 7 Aug 1997 13:13:24 -0400 (EDT)
- In-Reply-To: <[email protected]> from "SuSvaj" at Aug 6, 97 09:40:49 pm
According to SuSvaj:
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> ghItlh Qov
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> At 10:56 AM 8/6/97 -0700, you wrote:
> >SuStel, as part of the endless discussion of vegh, wrote:
>
> Sigh! ghobe' "SuSvaj" jIH. SuStuq loDnI'wI' ghaH SuStel'e'
>
> >> Hmmm. I don't remember the concept of the passage being "enclosed"
> >> as part of the definition of "vegh." After all, a gate is not
> >> necessarily entierly enclosed. A gate through a fence usually does
> >> not have anything above it, if you catch my meaning. I realy got
> >> the impression that what was important was the fact the gate was
> >> intended for the purpose of allowing access through the fence.
> >
> >I listened to what Marc said about the word at qep'a' and wrote down:
> >
> >vegh (v) - go through (an existing aperture)
>
> This would seem to confirm that "vegh" cannot be used in the situation of
> escaping through a phaser blasted hole.
Well, it existed before you passed through it. Okrand said
{vegh} could not be used in the instance of a bird passing
through a window if the window was closed and the bird broke
the glass in order to pass through the window. It could be used
for a bird passing through a window if the window was open.
If I blast a hole in a wall, I just made a door. Now, I can
pass through it. If the wall was weak enough for me to plow
through it without blasting first, then I'm not passing through
any door. I'm just breaking the wall.
> SuSvaj
charghwI'