tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Sun Feb 02 12:47:39 1997
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Re: Beyond TKD errata
- From: "eric d. zay" <[email protected]>
- Subject: Re: Beyond TKD errata
- Date: Sun, 2 Feb 1997 15:52:29 -0500
> |> Both documents correctly give {'uD Haqtaj} for "laser scalpel", but
they
> |> are missing the augmentive suffix in {'uD'a'} "laser". I have
mentioned
> |> this to charghwI', but apparently he hasn't fixed it yet.
> |>
> |> -- ghunchu'wI'
> |
> |I thought *'uD* was the word for "laser". What's the need for the
> |augmentative suffix * 'uD'a' *?
> |
> |SuSvaj
>
> Perhaps Okrand was thinking of 'uD as a small, precise cutting laser
> appropriate for surgery while 'uD'a' (with the -'a' augmentative) was
> something *much* larger and nastier. A weapon, perhaps? Maybe even
> ship-mounted? I guess we'll have to go ask Maltz.
>
> Voragh
Daj. nuqDaqvo' *'uD*, *'uD'a'* DISuq? Hal 'oH nuq'e'?
SuSvaj