tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Sun Mar 02 21:26:57 1997
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Re: KLBC: New Words - magic, magician
- From: "eric d. zay" <[email protected]>
- Subject: Re: KLBC: New Words - magic, magician
- Date: Mon, 3 Mar 1997 00:33:28 -0500
> > !!!Given this that a wiccan witch is a "bender", how about using
> > the verb SIH (bend) to create SIHwI' for magician, sorcerer,
> > warlock, etc. SIH is a 'known' word that is 'known' to be a verb and
> > therefore breaks no "rules" to be changed into a noun as "one who
> > bends."
Hmmm, wicca may mean "to bend", as in to bend spirits to ones will, but
something tells me that is not how witches see themselves. One book I have
on the subject defines "Witch" as "Wise one", of which the closest Klingon
parallel would be *valwI'*.
> I looked back and obviously had still not come up with a
> worthwhile/legal word for "magic". I don't wish to break anymore
> rules,so I will ask:
>
> Is it possible to combine HoSchem (energy field) with SIH (bend) as:
>
> SIHHoSchem
> or
> HoSchem SIH as (Energy Bend{ing})
It looks like the discussion of what to call "The Force" has been
rekindled. The two topics are not unrelated.
SuSvaj