tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Sun Mar 14 13:19:16 1999
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weights and measures (was Re: Ternary speculation)
- From: Alan Anderson <[email protected]>
- Subject: weights and measures (was Re: Ternary speculation)
- Date: Sun, 14 Mar 1999 16:21:49 -0500
- In-Reply-To: <[email protected]>
ja' Voragh:
>2. Marc Okrand mentioned in his interview with charghwI' that a {cheb'a'}
>weighed 9 times a regular {cheb}...
I didn't see any reference to weight in the interview published in HolQeD.
I also don't know that the {rap wa' cheb'a', Hut cheb je} equivalence has
been officially explained, either. The note from Okrand on the newsgroup
confirmed the 'uj'a' measurement:
| An <'uj> is a unit of linear measurement, roughly 35
| centimeters; an <'uj'a'>, or "big uj" (<'uj> plus the
| augmentative suffix <-'a'> "big") is nine times as long, or
| nine ujes, somewhat over three meters.
But the best we know about the cheb/cheb'a' relationship is a secondhand
report from charghwI' that "most" units of measure have a related unit
with the {-'a'} suffix meaning "9 times". The precision of that general
"9 times" is not clearly specified either. It's at least possible that
the cheb'a':cheb ratio is not exactly 9:1, though I have to keep in mind
that Klingons are never approximate.
>This would be a good question for Maltz, who was a science officer after all.
I hold some hope for the publication of a Klingon mathematics primer. :-)
-- ghunchu'wI'