tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Mon Aug 07 12:11:26 2000
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RE: Stool
K'Pach:
> Anyone have an idea how to say "stool" (as in what one sits on).
pagh:
: quS - chair.
:
: A stool is simply a chair without a back.
They're often smaller, shorter and closer to the floor as well.
: If it's important enough to make that distinction,
In that case, depending on context (as always!), you could probably say:
*{quSHom} stool
{quS} chair
*{quS'a'} throne; sofa (?)
on the analogy of:
{juHHom} cottage
{juH} house
{juH'a'} mansion
as described in TKD, particularly if you're contrasting the stool with
something else.
: then it's probably important enough to describe the thing in more
: detail anyway.
Sometimes. But then you're defining what a stool is, not translating "stool".
Due to the limited size of our vocabulary, I suppose that it's inevitable many
suggested "translations" look more like cumbersome definitions and, as such,
are more appropriate for the footnotes rather than the narrative. (This is one
of my pet peeves.)
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Voragh
Ca'Non Master of the Klingons