[Tlhingan-hol] nu'uchtaH San ghop

[Robyn Stewart]

At 12:32 '?????' 4/27/2012, you wrote:
>De'vID:
> >>> rInDI' may', {Nobunaga}vaD jatlh boQDaj: <San ghop choHlaH pagh.>
> >> Also {choH} might not work for {ghop} here... maybe {SIgh}?
>
>Qov:
> > I liked choH. Or maybe choHmoH. SIgh is too weak.
>
>I'm reminded of KGT p.106-7 where it implies that {ghop choH} would be
>taken literally, i.e., Fate (a personified goddess) has had her hand
>(a literal body part) altered in some way,

But that's the metaphor: that her hand that holds someone back or 
propels them forward has been made to change its action. Or do you 
think the hand of fate acts another way?

>not that her actions have been made different than they would have 
>been otherwise, which is what
>"changing the hand of Fate" actually means.

Metaphors within metaphors!

- Qov