tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Mon Jul 29 09:23:42 2013
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Re: [Tlhingan-hol] {qoSta'} clarified
ghunchu'wI':
> The TalkNow! Learn Klingon CD-ROM gives us two examples of {qoSta'} in
> use:
> wab qoSta' 'aplo' (audiotape cassette)
> mIllogh qonwI' qoSta' (camera film)
>
> In both of these, the word could be referring either to the form
> (ribbon-like) or function (recording medium) of the object being
> described. We've had no way to determine which is intended.
> Until now.
> I had the opportunity to mention the ambiguity to Marc Okrand
> last week. He said that what he had in mind was the "ribbon,
> tape" idea. Flatness is definitely an attribute of {qoSta'}.
So... form over function. Nice to pin this down, since {qoSta'} may - except for the {'} - have been a type of {ta} "file, record". This is consistent with {De' jengva'} "CD, compact disc" (TalkNow!).
Can I suggest:
*De' meyrI' "data solid, microtape" (i.e. those plastic squares from TOS)
*De' naQ(Hom) "isolinear rod" (from DS9)
--
Voragh
Ca'Non Master of the Klingons
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