tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Mon Jan 13 18:52:03 1997
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RE: KLBC: Happy New Year!
SuStel answered Mago:
|> tuHarQo' 'ach vIlaDbe'bogh DaHjaj javvatlhHey *emails* vIghaj
|> (You won't believe me, but today I had about 600 unread emails!)
|
|Also, you probably cannot use {-Hey} on a number to indicate that it's
|an approximation (although that's a neat idea). "While Klignons may be
|inaccurate, they are never approximate." Figure out the correct number,
|as best you can.
Worf may have been exaggerating (lach). While Klingons may never "be
approximate", they are allowed to "guess" (loy) and "estimate" (noH):
chorghSaD qelI'qam HIvchuq'e' vInoH
Estimating attack range in 8,000 kellicams. (ST5)
Sorry, it's been a l-o-n-g day! {{:-)
Seriously though, I agree: interesting use of -Hey. We only have two
attestations of this suffix in canon, neither of which seem relevant:
QaghHommeylIjmo' due to your apparent minor errors TKD
HoSHey apparent (though not yet proven) strength PK
The KlI uses qepHey for the "Virtual qep'a' held periodically at the KEVE.
Other, totally uncanonical (!), uses of -Hey here on the mailing list
include: HaStaHey "hologram", may'Hey "(war) game", nuvHey "character,
persona" (as in a computer game or MUSH), and QuchHey "prosthetic rubber
(Klingon) forehead". But everyone added it to a noun, not a number.
(Although chuvmey, numbers are used as nouns on occasion - as Krankor has
recently reminded us.)
If you must admit uncertainty, though, it's simplest to just put -law' on
the verb: DaHjaj javvatlh jabbI'ID vIghajlaw'!
Voragh