tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Wed Oct 13 07:20:53 2004
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Re: Klingon WOTD: juch (v)
>This is the Klingon Word Of The Day for Wednesday, October 13, 2004.
>
>Klingon word: juch
>Part of Speech: verb
>Definition: have a width of
>
>Additional Notes:
> >From Okrand, MSN 10/22/97.
There are two words used for length: {'aD} and {'ab}. Both of these
can be translated as "have a length of", but they are used somewhat
differently. {'aD} is used in contrast with {juch} "have a width of"
in measuring, say, a table top. {'ab}, on the other hand, is used
for (potentially) longish, skinnyish things (for example, spears)
and also for heights. (MSN 10/22/97)
There are no examples of {juch}, but it should work just like {'ab} and {'aD}:
wej 'ujmey 'ab 'oy'naQ
Painstiks are a little over one meter long S32
jav 'ujmey 'ab SuvwI'
the warrior has a length of six ujs
the warrior stands six ujs
the warrior is six ujs tall (MSN 10/22/97)]
vagh 'ujmey vI'ab
I have a length of five ujs
I'm five ujs tall
wej 'uj 'ab naQjej
the spear has a length of three uj
the spear measures three uj
the spear is three uj long (MSN 10/22/97)
wejvatlh loSmaH loS vI' vagh wej 'uj 'aD Duj
Length: 120 M. (KBoP)
Units of linear measure in everyday use are the {'uj} (about 35 cm.) and
the {'uj'a'} (about 3.15 m.) Before anyone asks, Okrand tells us that
there is no such measure as *{'ujHom}.
--
Voragh
Ca'Non Master of the Klingons