tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Fri Mar 14 21:47:43 1997
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vertical and horizontal
|jatlh SuStel:
|>In "Happy Vertical People Transporter," the "vertical" is referring to the
|>direction which the lift travels. I'm not sure that {chong} means "move
|>vertically," it means "be vertical." I seem to remember that there's a verb
|>meaning "move horizontally," but I can't remember what it is, and I can't
|>find it. Does anyone know it? And do you know if there's also one "move
|>vertically"? I kinda doubt it.
|
|"Move horizontaly" is <nech>. There is no word for vertical movement.
|
|-HurghwI'
There are four such verbs, actually. In Klingon you have to specify in
which vertical direction you're moving. I'm surprised you didn't find them
since you remembered that {nech} was listed in TKD as "lateral, be lateral,
move laterally." (Frankly, I wouldn't have thought of that.)
Sal "ascend"
toS "climb" - defined on MSN as "to move upward"
ghIr "descend"
pum "fall" - defined on MSN as "to move downward without restraint
(due to gravity)"
-- Voragh