tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Fri Sep 03 07:06:12 2010
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RE: gha'tlhIq
mupwI':
>Can *botlh* represent both temporal and spatial centre/middle?
>Middle of an object versus middle of a time period?
{botlh} "center, middle" has never been used in canon. It's not glossed as "area in the center/middle", but I've always assumed it was an "area noun" nonetheless. Certainly {qoD} "inside, interior" and {Hur} "outside" are spatial references:
pa' qoD
room's interior, inside of a room KGT
loghDaq lupDujHom qoDDaq bIlengtaHvIS, nIbuQbogh novpu' DaSuv
Battle menacing aliens in a shuttlecraft journey through space. STX
quwargh tach Qe' je qoDDaq Hov leng Soj DatIv
Enjoy Star Trek themed food and drink at Quark's Bar and Restaurant. STX
qoD QutlhwI' ngaDmoHwI'
inner support stabilizer KBoP
HurDaq tu'HomI'raHvetlh yIlan
Get that piece of junk out of here! KCD
If you want to say "in the middle of the day (or night)" use {pemjep} "midday" (or {ramjep} "midnight"):
DaHjaj pemjep
this midday, today in the middle of the day
(lit. "today midday" or "today's midday") [st.k 6/29/1997]
DaHjaj ramjep
this midnight, tonight at midnight
(lit. "today midnight" or "today's midnight") [st.k 6/29/1997]
Note BTW that {pemjep} "midday" is not the same as {DungluQ} "noon":
DaHjaj DungluQ
this noon
(lit. "today noon" or "today's noon") [st.k 6/29/1997]
DungluQ tIHIv. ngugh Qongbe' chaH
Attack them at noon! They won't be sleeping then.
Attack them at noon. They're not sleeping then. [st.k 11/99]
For other time periods I'd use {qaS} "occur, happen". E.g.
qaStaHvIS Hoghvam
in the middle of this week, during the week
("while this week is [still] occurring")
qaStaHvIS po
in the middle of the morning, during the morning
("while the morning [still] occurring")
although just using {Hoghvam] or {wa'Hu'/Dahjaj/wa'leS po} as a time-stamp works just fine and is probably better Klingon style.
--
Voragh
Ca'Non Master of the Klingons