tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Tue Oct 14 12:16:55 1997

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RE: First Contact



ghItlh peHruS:
> Recently I have read numerous times {qep wa'DIch} for "First Contact."
>
> We have been using {qep} for "meeting", just as glossed in TKD.  But,   
we have
> been using it for "conferences".  Can we extend the meaning of {qep}   
now to
> mean "encounters"?  This does not feel right, to me.
>
> At the risk of using {-ghach}, I recommend {qIHlaHghach}.  And, for   
further
> encounters, perhaps we could make something from {ghom}, of which one   
of the
> glossed meanings is "encounter".

Ability to meet for the first time? qatlh DIp Dalo' DaneH? pong napchu'   
vIchup: <qIH>
pagh


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