tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Wed Mar 17 20:15:30 1999
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Re: tlhIngan weights and measures (speculation)
- From: Zrajm C Akfohg <[email protected]>
- Subject: Re: tlhIngan weights and measures (speculation)
- Date: Thu, 18 Mar 1999 03:59:01 +0100
- In-Reply-To: <[email protected]>
- Organization: Klingonska akademien.
On 17-Mar-99, david joslyn wrote:
> Okay, let me see if I have this straight.
> Linear Measure:
> 'uj - approx. 35 cm
> 'uj'a' - 9 'ujmey (315 cm)
> [The average distance of a Klingon stride comes close to 35 cm.]
Where did you get that info from? (The average distance of a step, I mean.)
> qeliqam - approx. 2 km (Do I need to repeat the joke here?)
Please do! (I haven't heard it.)
> [A Klingon could probably walk this distance in roughly one hour.]
Isn't that a *very* slow walk? (If we're talking about one of our hours at
least - perhaps the klingon hour is shorter...)
> Weight:
> cheb - approx. 5 lbs
> cheb'a' - 9 chebmey (45-50 lbs)
What's that in kilos?
> [No clue how this one was derived. Good chance a <cheb> was a stone weight
> used for measuring grain or other such commodities.]
> =========
> Speaking of commerce, what weights and values do Klingons use in thie
> monetary system? (Assuming they have one; <Huch> is translated in TKD as
> 'money', but the meaning is probably something closer to 'wealth'.)
According to KGT {mIp} means "wealth, richness" (n). I would think that a
klingon currency might have been named {DeQ} "credit" (monetary unit) (n)
which is listen in the TKD. Most likely the word {DeQ} means some other kind
of monetary unit today (like computerbased money transfers) than it did
originally (maybe weapons was used as currency once).
/maHvatlh, 'upSala'ngan
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