tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Thu Apr 13 12:59:26 2000
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RE: KLBC Questions One
jatlh Rohn A.:
> I am trying to convey a similar
> idea with "strong one" plus "to swear, to bind
> oneself by an oath(which would be much like the
> concept of faithfulness)." Each piece depicts a
> small portion of the person it represents.
ja' pagh:
> While Klingon does have compound nouns and a few words that appear to be
> derived from compounds of other types of words, there's not a general
> process for combining two things like this into a single word. If you want
> to come up with a noun phrase for someone who is strong and swears an oath,
> you'll basically have to build it up out of <HoS> and <'Ip>. Here are some
> useful phrases:
>
> HoSwI' - strong one
> 'IpwI' - one who swears (an oath) / swearer (of an oath)
> 'Ipbogh <X> - X who swears (an oath). X could be <ghot>, <nuv>, or anything
> else you can think of.
> 'Ipbogh HoSwI' - Strong one who swears.
> 'IpwI' HoS - Strong swearer / strong one who swears.
Questions:
--Would <'Ipghach> mean "the act of oath-taking"?
--Is there a word for "oath" itself (the noun), IOW what is the object of
<'Ip>? (If it takes an object.)
quljIb