tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Wed Nov 29 21:03:47 2000
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RE: KLIC: Adhere to
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Steven Boozer [mailto:[email protected]]
> Sent: Wednesday, November 29, 2000 4:49 PM
> To: [email protected]
> Subject: Re: KLIC: Adhere to
>
>
> peHruS asks:
> :> Klingon word: Hum
> :> Part of Speech: verb
> :> Definition: be sticky
> :
> : But, do we have an answer to an old question of mine? How do we
> : express in Klingon "adheres to, sticks to"?
>
> I don't recall the old discussion, but how about using {rar} "connect,
> attach". Our only example from canon is a little complicated:
>
> nISwI' HIch motlh HoS Hal qengwI' naQ tIq je lurarlu'bogh
> 'oH tlhIngan nISwI' beH'e'
> The Klingon disruptor rifle is a standard hand held disruptor,
> attached to an extended power supply stock. S14
>
> If I've figured this out - I'm always confused seing {-lu'} and {-bogh}
> together - this is:
>
> [nISwI' HIch motlh] [HoS Hal qengwI' naQ tIq] je lurarlu'bogh
> 'oH [tlhIngan nISwI' beH'e']
> A B je lurarlu'bogh 'oH C'e'.
> ("C is an attached A and B.")
>
> "The label is stuck to the book" might be rendered:
>
> per Hum paq je lurarlu'.
> The sticky label is attached to the book.
> ("The sticky label and the book are attached.")
Just for fun:
paq ngeQpu' per 'ej Hummo' per pa' ratlhtaH.
> Depending on context, you might use {bagh} "tie", {muv} "join
> (physically)",
> {tay'} "be together/united", etc.
>
> Does that work?
>
>
>
> --
> Voragh
> Ca'Non Master of the Klingons
>