tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Mon May 12 16:31:14 2003
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Re: Opposite of -wI'
SuStel wrote:
>From: "Se'noj le'umaS" <[email protected]>
>
> > so bachwI' is the shooter and bach??? is the person/thing that is shot.
>
>No, there is no suffix in Klingon to do this. You need to use something
>more complex.
>
>(By the way, the object of /bach/ is the bullet or ray that is propelled out
>of the weapon. You can also use the weapon itself. The object is not the
>person you're shooting at. I believe this information comes from KGT.)
The verb used for "shoot" when referring to disruptors is {bach}.
Technically speaking, one shoots the energy beam from the disruptor.
The general word for any energy beam ("ray") is {tIH}, so a disruptor's
beam is {nISwI' tIH}. Thus, the correct formation is {nISwI' tIH bach}
("shoot the disruptor beam"). As a practical matter, however, the {tIH}
is often left out, and {nISwI' bach} is the common way to say "shoot a
disruptor". Similarly, {pu' bach} is "shoot a phaser". (KGT 56)
And the person or thing you shoot at is marked with {-Daq}. We learned
this from Mark Okrand's published notes for that flubbed line in ST5:
logh veQDaq bachchugh, yoH 'e' toblaHbe' SuvwI'.
Shooting space garbage is no test of a warrior's mettle.
("If he shoots at space garbage, a warrior cannot prove
[i.e. test conclusively] that he is brave.")
--
Voragh
Ca'Non Master of the Klingons