tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Tue Oct 14 12:16:55 1997
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RE: First Contact
- From: "Andeen, Eric" <[email protected]>
- Subject: RE: First Contact
- Date: Tue, 14 Oct 1997 12:19 -0700
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