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Re: muv

DloraH ([email protected]) [KLI Member] [Hol po'wI']

> Voragh:
> >  Another verb to consider is {muv} "join (physically)", which can refer
to
> >  (physically) joining a group:
>
> lay'tel SIvten:
> > > Where does the "physically" in your gloss come from?
>
> Voragh:
> >  I have {muv} "join (physically)" in my notes without annotation, so I
> >  assume I took it from TKD.  Unless someone check right now, I'll have
to
> >  check the Klingon-English and English-Klingon entries when I get home.
>
> Well, I checked TKD and lay'tel is right:  the gloss reads simply {muv}
> "join".  I have no idea how the qualifier "physically" got added to my
> notes, but I've now deleted it.  Perhaps it was to distinguish "join" from
> "join in" (i.e. "participate" {jeS}).  It's also possible someone
misquoted
> it on the List and I carelessly added the note without checking it against
> my TKD at home.
>
> yIvoq 'ach yI'ol!
>
>
> >  We have one more bit of canon:  the noun {muvwI'} "suture" (n.) [HQ 1.3
<
> >  veS QonoS].  This could be the surgical stitch itself, but more likely
in
> >  Trek a suturing device (Qov calls is a "wound-sealer").  We've seen the
> >  various doctors use handheld surgical devices to heal wounds: e.g. bone
> >  knitter, tissue regenerator, etc.  With this in mind, I would suggest
that
> >  we could use {muv} for joining smaller simple sentences together to
form a
> >  longer, complex sentence.
>
> I'm now certain this refers to a device since it appeared in HolQeD 1.3 as
> {tuj muvwI'} "thermo-suture" - lit. "heat joiner" - with other medical
> devices: {'uD Haqtaj} "laser scalpel" and {Hergh QaywI'} "pneumatic hypo,
> hypospray".


We also have the entry [muvmoH] as "recruit (v)".


DloraH

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