tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Wed Jul 17 15:05:41 2002
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Re: the banned book / BG
pIl'o':
> >...QaQ Hotbogh nuH'e' vIyaj...
> >
> >How can I add detail to the concept of 'feel', like describing good heft or
> >balance?
We have {ngaD} "be stable, be balanced" and {ngaDHa'} "be unstable, be
unbalanced":
ngaDchu' nuH'e': tISqu'be' qoj 'ughqu'be'.
The weapon is perfectly balanced: neither too light nor too heavy.
You could also use the adverbial {tlhoy} "overly, to an excessive degree,
excessively, too much" here - {tlhoy tISbe' qoj tlhoy 'ughbe'} - but I
think {-qu'} works just fine.
Another way is to use the quality {vaQ} which is used to describe weapons:
A weapon that is particularly good, that is well designed and well
constructed, is normally described as {vaQ} ["be effective, be
vigorous"]. Thus, a {taj vaQ} is a meticulously made knife and a
{ghanjaq vaQ} is an especially nice mace. In speaking about a fine
weapon, one could compliment it even further by adding the emphatic
{-qu'} to {vaQ}. A really spectacular bat'leth would be a {betleH
vaQqu'}. The word {vaQ} is not often used in describing the newer
weapons (disruptors and the like), though such locutions are heard
from time to time." (KGT p.67)
--
Voragh
Ca'Non Master of the Klingons