tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Fri Feb 12 14:21:23 1999
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RE: KLBC: Definitions
- From: "Andeen, Eric" <[email protected]>
- Subject: RE: KLBC: Definitions
- Date: Fri, 12 Feb 1999 15:15:12 -0700
jatlh 'oghwI':
One general comment - <-wI'> can apply to beings as well as devices, just
like the English <-er>. For example, I might have a printer (device) on my
desk, and a printer (guy who makes books) next door. Usually the context
will make it clear what you are talking about, but do keep it in mind.
> bIrwI' Fridge?
<bIrwI'> would be something that *is* cold. Although a refrigerator itself
is cold, at least on the inside, its defining characteristic is that it
makes other things cold. Use <bIrmoHwI'> for this. This is also a very
generic term which could be applied to anything which makes things cold.
> bIrwI''a' Frezzer? (or should that be bIr'a'wI'?)
Well, <bIr'a'wI'> doesn't work at all, no matter how you look at the
suffixes. I don't really know how a <bIrmoHwI''a'> would be different from a
regular <bIrmoHwI'>, but it might be OK. You could do something similar and
clearer with a suffix on the verb, though: <bIrqu'moHwI'> or even
<bIrmoHchu'wI'>. I'd probably use these terms for industrial or scientific
equipment used to create very low temperatures, rather than a plain old
freezer. Your next try is good for that.
> taDmoHwI' Frezzer?
maj.
> wewwI' Lighting device (ie torch [flashlight])?
Thing which glows - good. I generally perceive "glow" to be nondirectional,
so I would not use this for a flashlight, but it would work just fine for a
lamp. That may be just me.
> wovwI' Lighting Device (ie main room light)?
Thing which is bright. This just seems to generic for me. I don't know why.
You could use <wovmoHwI'>, though, to mean something which illuminates. This
would be good for a flashlight, which illuminates a spot or small area, as
well as for a room light which illuminates the whole room.
> tujwI' Device that heats (heater)?
Same comments as above: <tujmoHwI'>.
> mISwI' Food processor (mixer)?
<mIS> is "mixed up", as in "confused". Try <DuDwI'>.
> vemmoHwI' Waking up device
The Klingon is perfect. The English is awkward.
> bI'wI' Sweeping Brush
Don't see any problem with it.
> could I use SeHlaw for keyboard?
I don't know for sure, but probably. I think I have before. Perhaps Voragh
can fill us in on canon use of <SeHlaw>.
> could I use HablI' for telephone / Modem.
HIja'. Marc Okrand has specifically given use <ghogh HablI'> for
"telephone". It seems clear enough that a modem (at least the way most
people use the word) fits into this category as well. If anyone wants to
disagree and get into a long debate, do it in Klingon, please.
> Does poch mean plant as in to plant <something>.
That's the only way I can think to use it.
> What word would I use for a plant?
There are lots of words:
tI - vegetaion
Sor - tree
lav - shrub
naH - fruit, vegetable
tIr - grain
etc.
pagh
Beginners' Grammarian