tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Fri Mar 17 15:06:05 2000
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RE: vocab question: fields of various kinds
- From: "Andeen, Eric" <[email protected]>
- Subject: RE: vocab question: fields of various kinds
- Date: Fri, 17 Mar 2000 16:07:52 -0700
jatlh De'vID:
>>>>>
I wrote the following in Klingon but got too lazy
to put it into English. Plus it's a vocab and not
a grammar question. So I don't know if it's
KLBC or not. Well, here goes...
Vocab question about "fields" and other quasi-words:
jonwI' jIHmo', vaj "field"mey vIDel vIneH.
tlhIngan Hol vIlo'taHvIS, "magnetic field" vIper vIneH.
ngeD. /peQ chem/ vIjatlh. 'ach chay' "electric field"
vIper? mu'tay' tetlhwIj vIlaD 'ej vInejDI', tu'be'lu'.
'ach, mu'meyvam vISam:
/HoSchem/ "energy field" (TKD)
/Surchem/ "force field" (TKD)
/pIvchem/ "warp field" (BoP)
'ej /peQ chem/ "magnetic field" (TKDA)
mu'na' 'oH /HoS/'e'. 'ach /Sur/ mu' wISovbe'.
"heatlhy" 'oS /pIv/, 'ach "warp" 'oSbe'law'.
/pIvghor/ "warp drive", /pIvlob/ "warp factor"
je lutu'lu'. 'ach "impulse power" 'oS /Hong/
'ej /Hongghor/ "impulse drive" wISov.
vaj, mub'a' mu'meyHeyvam?
/?chem/ "field"
/?Sur/ "force"
/?pIv/ "warp power"
/?ghor/ "drive (engine)"
/?lob/ "factor (setting)"
lIj'a' MO? pagh no' Hol mu'mey neH bIH mu'meyvam'e'?
tagha'... */'ul chem/ vIlo'chugh, yaj'a' Hoch?
>>>>>
In general, it's a bad idea to break words apart and use the pieces
seperately. <chem> is a little different, though. In <peQ chem>, it's a
seperate word, while in the other examples it's clearly part of a compound.
I think it's pretty safe to use <chem> as a word for "field", and <'ul chem>
would certainly be understood.
<pIv> *seems* to be "warp" or "warp power", but until we see it as a
seperate word, I'd be very careful with it.
The rest - <Sur>, <ghor> and <lob> - are way too ambiguous to draw
conclusions from.
pagh
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