tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Thu Feb 10 07:13:14 2011
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Re: {rIn}
- From: Fiat Knox <[email protected]>
- Subject: Re: {rIn}
- Date: Thu, 10 Feb 2011 15:10:28 +0000 (GMT)
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rIntaH carries with it a sense of great finality, stronger than the use of the -ta' prefix. As such, with the -taH suffix, {rIn} carries either no prefix, or a null prefix:-
jaghwI' vIHoHpu' - I killed my enemy. (Perhaps he fell on my naked blade by accident)
'oy' vISIQpu' - I endured the pain.
jaghwI' vIHoHta' - I killed my enemy. (I set out to kill him, and I have done so).
'oy' vISIQta' - I embraced the pain, deliberately choosing to endure it.
jaghwI' vIHoH rIntaH - I killed my enemy, once and for all. (I have fulfilled great honour by killing my enemy, and this matter is resolved beyond resurrection. Let nobody here dispute this, because this took place under the naked bloody stars and all.)
'oy' vISIQ rIntaH - I endured this pain until the pain was defeated and destroyed, and this pain shall bother me no more.
I also surmise its use in formal communications, the equivalent of "Over" in radio comms chatter, as exhibited by Commander Uhura's mangled attempts at Klingon in Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country and the communications from the Morske Listening post ending "rIn?"
Further enlightenment would be welcome.