tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Wed Nov 08 14:48:58 2000
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RE: ghIqtal
- From: Eric Andeen <[email protected]>
- Subject: RE: ghIqtal
- Date: Wed, 8 Nov 2000 15:47:56 -0700
De'vID:
>> I disapprove of what you say, but I will defend to the death
>> your right to say it.
>> -- Voltaire
>>
>> I saw "to the death" and immediately thought of {ghIqtal}:
>> {vuD Dajatlhbogh vInaDHa', 'ach ?ghIqtal? vuDlIj DajatlhmeH
>> DIb vIHub.}
>>
>> Alas, I looked up {ghIqtal} in KGT and saw that it was an
>> "archaic exclamation", not an adverbial.
DloraH:
> Read KGT p49.
>
> Suvchu' - fight to the death
> etc.
>
> You might be able to work this in.
There's also a novel use of the suffix <-neS> in KGT for just this sort of
thing. <HubneS> works quite well for "defend to the death". You may not have
gotten to use <ghIqtal>, but <-neS> is rare enough that using it should
still be an exciting event, especially like this.
pagh 'utlh