tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Fri Sep 18 06:32:58 2009
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RE: use of DIng
- From: Steven Boozer <[email protected]>
- Subject: RE: use of DIng
- Date: Fri, 18 Sep 2009 08:30:27 -0500
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- Thread-topic: use of DIng
ter'eS:
>> Does anyone recall if we know whether {DIng} is transitive or
>> intransitive? Is the subject the thing turned or the person who
>> turns the thing?
lay'tel SIvten:
>I couldn't find any canon for it. Since merely adding {-moH} would
>make it the transitive version, I hope it's the intransitive meaning.
>If it's the transitive meaning already, then it's a lot harder to
>get the intransitive meaning.
There's no canon for {Ding} "spin" - or {tlhe'} "turn" either. Like lay'SIv, I imagine they both work like {jIr} "rotate, twirl" vs. {jIrmoH} "twirl X, cause X to rotate". (The context in KGT p.59-60 was specifically about bat'leth movements, but I imagine {jIrmoH} can be used for other things as well.)
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Voragh
Canon Master of the Klingons