tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Mon Feb 16 11:59:14 2004
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Re: DonHa'
{Don} "be parallel, go parallel to"
Russ:
> >> Can anyone suggest a word for "perpendicular"?
Paul:
>Well, I have in my notes /taH/, a verb for "Be at a negative angle".
>Since I think this references flight (ie. angling down towards the
>ground),
I've always thought it had to refer to space flight, perhaps a line in ST3
- it's in the main glossary of TKD, right? - that we've all overlooked or
was dropped from the final cut.
>we might be able to use this with the suffix /-chu'/ "perfectly,
>clearly" to indicate a path that is perpendicular (since the greatest
>downward angle would be perpendicular to the ground)...
We also have the noun {HeDon} "parallel course"
>You had suggested /DonHa'/ "unparallel", but I don't think that
>necessarily means perpendicular. Perhaps, however, you could say
>/Donbe'chu'/ "Perfectly not parallel", and get "perpendicular" out of
>that.
I can't suggest anything, but here's some more vocabulary to play
with: {SaS} "be horizontal", {nech} "be lateral, move laterally", {yoy}
"be upside down" and {lol} "be in an attitude".
>It's interesting, I couldn't find a word for "intercept", either...
IIRC the closest we have for this is {chol} "close in, get closer, come
nearer" -- so, possibly, we can say something like *{cholmeH He yInab}
"plot an intercept course". If you wanted to get really picky, you could
say {cholqu'} "get very close", etc.
--
Voragh
Ca'Non Master of the Klingons