tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Sun Nov 28 10:57:29 1999
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Re: cardinal directions
>Date: Thu, 25 Nov 1999 00:06:26 -0600
>From: Daniel Morse <[email protected]>
[ Regarding {'ev chan} et al. ]
>Notice that the conjunction-like leftover {je} does not appear here.
True. Me, I didn't expect it there. I don't see "northeast" as "north AND
east" as much as "north OF east." Either view gives a good meaning, so
{'ev chan} is perfectly sensible as "chan-ward of 'ev". But it is good to
point out it isn't there.
'Course, if I wanted to say that from my position, a river (or rivers) was
(were) located *both* to chan-ward *and* to 'ev-ward (a fact which could be
of great tactical importance when it came to planning troop movements), I
would probably say {chanDaq 'evDaq je bIQtIq tu'lu'}, (or otherwise refer
to the directions as {'ev chan je}, without the -Daq's in some other
construction form), which, as you say, is not the same as {'ev chanDaq}.
~mark