[Tlhingan-hol] Cable, Thread, Wire, Web

[Fiat Knox]

SIrgh gets the job done.

But "web" as in "cobweb," I still need. And does anyone have a translation for "silver?"

For that matter, how about "gold" and "copper?" "baS SuD" and "baS Doq" respectively perhaps?


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> From: Felix Malmenbeck <felixm at kth.se>
>To: Fiat Knox <fiat_knox at yahoo.co.uk>; Klingon List <Tlhingan-hol at stodi.digitalkingdom.org>; Klingon Mailing List <tlhingan-hol at kli.org> 
>Sent: Sunday, 2 June 2013, 22:34
>Subject: RE: [Tlhingan-hol] Cable, Thread, Wire, Web
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>I wonder if «SIrgh» might not be more appropriate. «'ul QaymeH SIrgh» for a power wire, maybe «jabbI'ID SIrgh» for data lines...
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>Of you're looking to translate "electrician", there is yhe canonical «'ul pat mutlhwI'» ("electricity system assembler", sort of).
>Perhaps somebody who works with electrical systems but whose main task is not assembling them would be an «'ul pat jonwI'/tej/leHwI'/loHwI'/pIn».
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>From: Fiat Knox [fiat_knox at yahoo.co.uk]
>Sent: Sunday, June 02, 2013 23:15
>To: Klingon List; Klingon Mailing List; Lucifuge Rofocale
>Subject: [Tlhingan-hol] Cable, Thread, Wire, Web
>
>Wondering about how to describe the word "wire" into Klingon, I found myself thinking *baS tlhegh* /metal line/.
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>The word tlhegh naturally led to *tlhegh'a'* for /cable, hawser,/ *baS tlhegh'a'* for /metal cable, hawser/ and *tlheghHom* for /thread, strand./
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>But then I ran up against /web./
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>Perhaps *tlheghHom jonwI'* could be what I'm looking for?
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>Further: has anyone translated "silver?" I want to use the phrase "silver cord."
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