tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Sat Aug 23 09:49:31 1997
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Playing around
qoror wrote:
|2) {reH} appears to mean the same thing as {Quj.} On page 193:
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| reH puqpu'. ("The children play.")
Based on what others have recently posted (I still haven't seen KGT), as
I understand it there seems to be a subtle distinction. {Quj} is "play a
game" (i.e. a specific game, the noun for which is also {Quj}). In the
Radio Times book, Okrand provided the facetious:
DaH ghew yIQuj "Cricket, please."
Thus permitting:
qa'vaQ wIQujtaH. We're playing qa'vak.
qeylIS mInDu' wIQujtaH. " " Eyes of Kahless.
*poQ'ar* wIQujtaH. " " poker.
*klin zha* wIQujtaH. " " klin zha.
(etc.)
{reH} seems to refer to playing around in general, horseplay, playing
with a pet, etc. So, one might hear Klingon parents saying:
va, chuSqu'! What is that ruckus?
HurDaq reHtaH puqpu'. The children are playing outside.
I wonder if {reH} may also be used for not acting seriously (cf. also
{Dogh}) or even play-acting on a stage. Does KGT discuss drama at all?
And now, there's also {chu'} "play a musical instrument".
-- Voragh