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Re: [Tlhingan-hol] points, lines, triangles, general shapes, higher dimensional geometry, and related vocabulary
- From: Steven Boozer <[email protected]>
- Subject: Re: [Tlhingan-hol] points, lines, triangles, general shapes, higher dimensional geometry, and related vocabulary
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De'vID:
> I'd really like to know more about Klingon vocabulary for geometry.
> We have {meyrI'} for "square", and we sort of have {gho} for "circle",
What do you mean "sort of"?
meyrI'Daq 'oHtaH gho'e'
The circle is in the square. [qep'a' 2005]
'Iw 'Ip ghomey
"Blood Oath Circles" {title of sculpture) KCD
> and maybe we can somehow get rectangles and ellipses out of those, and
You're thinking of something like *{meyrI' tIq} "long/extended square" for rectangle and *{gho tIq} "long/extended circle" for ellipse?
> maybe we can abuse *{DoD} for *"point" and {tlhegh} for *"(straight)
> line" or *"line segment", but how is it possible that we don't know
> the Klingon word for "triangle"? Their displays are full of nothing
> but triangles!
We have {Dop} "side" and {tajvaj} "angle", as well as {yor} and {pIrmuS}:
The word for top is {yor}. This refers to the top side or
top face of an object ... The word for bottom, the counter-
part of {yor}, is {pIrmuS}. [IMO, HQ 8.3]
'anan naHQun:
>>Don't forget {moQ} "sphere".
From TNK we see that {jengva'} - lit. "plate" - seems to be used for any type of disk: {De' jengva'} "CD, compact disc".
But De'vID is right, more words for basic shapes and geometric relationships would be useful.
--
Voragh
Ca'Non Master of the Klingons
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