tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Fri Jan 18 12:01:31 2002
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Re: maximum & minimum
Voragh:
> {Qapchu'meH 'aqroS chuq} "maximum effective range" BOP
peHruS:
: Do we have anything for "minimum" or "at least"?
We do, also from the BOP poster:
Hung buv rav: patlh Hut
classified level 9 and above
(lit. "security classification floor: level/layer nine")
Okrand seems to be using {rav} "floor" in a extended sense. Note that the noun
{'aqroS} "top (interior)" has likewise been extended to mean "maximum" twice in
the same poster:
'aqroS qughDo: pIvlob Hut vI' vagh
Maximum Cruising Speed - Warp 9.5.
jabbI'ID pup: Qapchu'meH 'aqroS chuq: cha' vI' chorgh loghqammey
High Resolution - Maximum Effective Range - 3.5 Light Years.
Okrand discussed {'aqroS} in HolQeD 8.3:
"{yor} is not the word for the inside of the top of something.
If one were sitting under a table, the (presumably) flat surface
above one is termed the {'aqroS} ... It is possible to use
{'aqroS} to refer to a ceiling, through the other two terms [i.e.
{rav'eq} & {pa' beb}] are more common."
{'aqroS} and {rav} are here being used in an figurative, possibly colloquial,
sense for a level above or below which you cannot go. (Is this an example of
Klingon engineering jargon?) Cf. the use of "(absolute) ceiling" by
English-speaking pilots to refer to the maximum height above sea level at which
a particular airplane can maintain horizontal flight under standard air
conditions.
--
Voragh
Ca'Non Master of the Klingons