tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Sun Mar 16 11:04:06 1997
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RE: bIH chaH ghap
- From: "David Trimboli" <[email protected]>
- Subject: RE: bIH chaH ghap
- Date: Sun, 16 Mar 97 17:09:58 UT
jatlh qoror:
> ja' SuSvaj
> >"Android" vIghItlhmeH *yoqqoq* vImaS<
>
> That's not very accurate. Couldn't *yoqqoq* also mean an energy being
> temporarily in the shape of a human, or, for that matter, a shape-shifter
like
> Odo? --qoror
I think you're missing the point.
{yoq} "humanoid"
{qoq} "robot"
{-qoq} "so-called"
{yoqqoq} means both "humanoid-robot" and "so-called humanoid." Since it's an
android, it's not exactly a humanoid, since it's a machine. {yoqqoq} is an
exceedingly clever word.
--
SuStel
Beginners' Grammarian
Stardate 97206.6