tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Mon Aug 17 12:02:11 2009
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RE: wa'Hu' Heghpu' leSpal teH.
Mark J. Reed:
>>> leSpal teH? 'Iv ghaH leSpal ngeb'e'?
Voragh:
>> vaj <<leSpalna'>> DamaS'a'?
Mark J. Reed:
>I think what is needed here is a word for "original". Neither {teH}
>nor {-na'} feels quite right.
That was exactly the problem: I considered both before finally opting for {teH}. The problem of course is that, since we have no examples in canon, we don't know when {teH} is appropriate. IF {teH} "be true" is indeed the opposite of {ngeb} "be counterfeit, be false, be fake", then examples of the latter may be of some help:
may' ngeb tIv
Hoch Everyone enjoys a mock battle. CK
tlhutlhmeH HIq ngeb qaq law' bIQ qaq puS
Drinking fake ale is better than drinking water. TKW
muD ngeb SeHwI'
pat atmospheric control system [i.e. "artificial atmosphere"] KBoP
>Maybe {leSpal wa'DIch}?
I suppose that's just as good (or not) as the others, but I would understand that as the prototype instrument, as Kahless's {batlh 'etlh} was the first {betleH}.
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Voragh
Canon Master of the Klingons