tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Thu Aug 07 11:21:28 1997
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Re: New word from Okrand (vegh)
jIghItlh
>> 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.
jang charghwI'
>
>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.
But in either case the window was a pre-existing structure. I think you
could use "vegh" to go through the "window", but not in going through the
"glass."
SuSvaj