tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Tue Mar 21 05:17:56 2000
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Re: KLBC: building floors
From: <[email protected]>
> In a message dated 3/20/2000 5:30:41 PM Central Standard Time,
> [email protected] writes:
>
> << Just a quick question, because I'm feeling too lazy to search through
all
> of
> KGT: would the word /patlh/ "level, layer, standing" work for "story" or
> "floor"?
>
> SuStel
> Stardate 219.0 >>
>
> I have the distinct feeling that {patlh} refers to military, rank,
> government, class levels rather than to physical structures such as the
> storey of a building. Of course, revelations from Okrand are what I look
> forward to, too.
I know it means that, as there's also an entry /patlh/ "rank (military,
governmental)" in TKD. However, since the meaning that you describe was
already fully defined for us, and then Okrand expanded the definition to
what I first quoted, I'd say that /patlh/ means more than just what you say.
On the other hand, I now believe I remember where /patlh/ was used with the
expanded definition. There was a source somewhere where we hear about a
spirit's importance, or /patlh/. This would be the "standing" sense of the
word.
I considered the possibility because the word also has a sense of "layer,"
which seems to be quite a physical description. Since I'm still feeling
lazy, perhaps someone (aw, let's admit it, we know who I'm talking about!)
will be good enough to track down uses of /patlh/ for us.
SuStel
Stardate 220.5