tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Wed Dec 29 09:30:01 1999
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Re: KLBC: calculate in Klingon
- From: "William H. Martin" <[email protected]>
- Subject: Re: KLBC: calculate in Klingon
- Date: Wed, 29 Dec 1999 12:29:19 -0500 (Eastern Standard Time)
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On Wed, 29 Dec 1999 10:20:09 -0600 Steven Boozer
<[email protected]> wrote:
> reghIyna' wrote:
> : What are the operations "plus", "minus", "times" and "devided by" in
> : tlhIngan Hol?
>
> Duy'qu' tlhIngan mI'QeD Sovmaj, 'ach wot puS DISov:
>
> {SIm} calculate
> {togh} count
> {chel} add (Note that {chelwI'} is slang for someone who deals in
> finances, accounting, etc. according to KGT.)
> {wav} divide
>
> No word for "subtract", but *{chelHa'} is a possibility or you could try
> recasting with {nge'} "take away" or {teq} "remove, take off". Also no word
> for "multiply", but *{wavHa'} might work.
You might also be able to make use of the {-logh} suffix for
numbers.
"Six times eight equals forty eight."
javlogh chel'eghchugh chorgh vaj loSmaH chorgh lInglu'.
This is only a proposal. It is NOT canon. We don't know how this
is actually done in Klingon. I just made this up.
> --
> Voragh
> Ca'Non Master of the Klingons
charghwI'