tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Wed Dec 12 12:54:34 2012
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Re: [Tlhingan-hol] Klingon Word of the Day: waQ
- From: jaSwa' <[email protected]>
- Subject: Re: [Tlhingan-hol] Klingon Word of the Day: waQ
- Date: Wed, 12 Dec 2012 14:54:12 -0600
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If that's the case, then I guess the Black Hills are being somewhat anthropomorphized in that example?
jaSwa'
Hochlogh bechjaj Hoch jaghpu'wI'
Steven Boozer <[email protected]> wrote:
>jatlhpu' Voragh:
>
>For comparison we have the similar verb {bot} "prevent, block" which has been used:
>
> Dubotchugh yIpummoH
> If it's in your way, knock it down. TKW
>
> HuDqIjDaq qet ghIq Hechaj bot QIStaq
> Running Over the Black Hills Until Kri'stak blocks their path. (PB)
>
> qarDaSQa'Daq ruDelya' rop'a' Hergh qengbogh yo' Dabot.
> Intercept Rudellian plague relief convoy to Cardassian Union. MKE
>
> lojmItDaj veghta'DI' jubbe'wI' yInqa'meH chegh 'e' botnIS
> qotar qeylIS HoHmeH qotar qeylIS SamnIS
> Still, Kotar cannot let a mortal Pass his gates and return
> alive, Kahless must be hunted down and killed. (PB)
>
> yab matlh muvchuqghach Sorgh vay' 'e' vIbotjaj.
> Let me not to the marriage of true minds admit impediments.
> (Sonnet 116)
>
>This raises the question: What's the difference between {waQ} "obstruct" and {bot} "prevent, block, etc."?
>
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>
>jatlhpu' quljIb:
>
>...{waQ} is used when there is an inanimate obstruction {lojmIt waQ Sor HoHpu'}, while {bot} is used when there is an animate object *actively* involved {lojmIt bot mIl'oD}.
>
>The canon seems to support the idea that {bot} means an active impediment. Especially the first three examples.
>
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>
>I should have said: What's the difference between {waQ} and {bot} *in Klingon usage*. As we have no examples of the former, this cannot be answered at the present time. Interestingly, the word {le'mIS} "blockade" used in Klingon Monopoly is unrelated to either word:
>
> DIvI' le'mISvo' bInargh.
> Escape Federation blockade. MKE
>
>(Hmm... I sense another pun. Something from "Les Mis" perhaps?)
>
>
>
>--
>Voragh
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>
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