tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Thu Jan 17 18:45:48 2002
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RE: A couple of questions.
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- Subject: RE: A couple of questions.
- Date: Thu, 17 Jan 2002 15:45:12 -0800
> >maybe for knuckle - nItlh qIv
>
> Considering how much smaller a knuckle is to a knee, if I used
> DloraH's suggestion I'd modify it to:
>
> nItlh qIvHom
DloraH:
> My elbow is smaller than my knee, but it's still just DeSqIv, not DeSqIvHom.
> If it's on your finger I sure hope it's smaller. Remember, -Hom (and -'a')
> doesn't mean "small" (and "big").
> But now, the finger has more than one joint. The "main" joint on the finger
> could be a nItlh qIv'a', the middle joint could be plain nItlh qIv, and
> the "minor" joint near the tip could be the nItlh qIvHom.
Or just as likely the Klingon word (or words) for "knuckle" has nothing to do with <qIv>. In any case, I don't think <-'a'> and <-Hom> can be stretched this far and still make sense.
pagh