[Tlhingan-hol] Sunlight and Starlight

[Bellerophon, modeler]

I'm no canon authority, but I've noticed other compound words that strongly
imply additional vocabulary.

The logic is compelling. Even if it's merely an idiom like "swim meet" or
"track meet" as opposed to the usual noun "meeting" as in "board meeting," {
*maSwov*} implies a noun construct **wov*, making *julwov* and *Hovwov* almost
unavoidable since they're also astronomical light sources. It seems
unlikely to be an idiom, so the noun construct would work with any light
source and there would almost* *certainly be a noun *wov* for light of
unspecified origin. (BTW, why no noun for light if there's a noun *{'otlh}* for
photon?)

Klingons may not make a fetish of logic, but they don't abandon
it completely like humans.

yISIch 'ej yItlhap! narghmeH bIj ngeD law', HevmeH chaw' ngeD puS.

~'eD


On Thu, Aug 15, 2013 at 8:43 AM, Gaerfindel <gaerfindel at hotmail.com> wrote:

>  On 8/15/2013 2:49 AM, Fiat Knox wrote:
>
>  The latest words on my wishlist are words for /sunlight/ and /starlight/,
> as well as a noun for /light/ (if such a word has not already entered
> canon).
>
>  We have {maSwov} for moonlight, but while I may surmise that /sunlight/
> and /starlight/ might use jul and Hov, respectively, possibly combined
> with some noun construct like *wov, I'd not like to go any further down
> that road.
>
>  I note a noun, wovmoHwI', but that seems to be more along the lines of a
> thing doing the brightening - a bulb, lamp, lantern or flashlight - than
> the light itself.
>
> My sense tells me that {julwov} and {Hovwov} are the constructs you're
> seeking.  Not canon, of course, but probably understood.
>
> ~quljIb
>
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