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Re: chainsaw?

Alan Anderson ([email protected])

• From: Alan Anderson <[email protected]>
• Subject: Re: chainsaw?
• Date: Thu, 25 Oct 2007 15:03:25 -0400
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ja' mI'qey:

> I encountered the other day a need (if you can call it
> that) to translate the word "chainsaw" into Klingon.

The {qutluch} has a serrated blade, and is as close to "saw' as I can  
get in Klingon without multiple sentences.  Perhaps {mIr qutluch}?

> After juggling various possibilities, I settled on
> {pe'meH mIr}.  Does this seem reasonable to you?

It's not as reasonable as it could be.  The chain in a chainsaw is  
not what does the cutting; it merely transports the sharp teeth.

Maybe the idea of the chain is unimportant, and what needs to be  
expressed is the fact that it's an engine-powered device rather than  
a hand-powered one.  I offer {pe'meH nguSDI'} "cutting motor".

-- ghunchu'wI'

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