[Tlhingan-hol] tlhoy'

[lojmIt tI'wI' nuv 'utlh]

I suspect Okrand’s long and convoluted explanation of the combined component elements of the name {yergho} was just to throw you off the scent of how…

Joshwa fit the battle of Jericho, and the walls come-a-tumblin’ down!

Ah, but since English is not your primary language, perhaps you don’t know the biblical reference, filtered through the lyric of an old gospel tune...

lojmIt tI’wI’ nuv ‘utlh
Door Repair Guy, Retired Honorably



On May 19, 2014, at 3:45 PM, Lieven <levinius at gmx.de> wrote:

> Am 19.05.2014 21:29, schrieb DloraH:
>> For a territorial type wall that keeps people "in" or "out" could be a yergho, "wall around a city".
>> But now for something like the Great Wall of China; it's not dividing up a territory, it's not a
>> circle around a city.
> 
> Yes, that's true, but look again at the definition from the Klingon point of view:
> 
> Okrand said:
> {yergho}, which is apparently derived from {yer} "domain, holdings, territory" plus {gho} "circle."
> 
> I believe that Okrand just didn't think about a difference of a city or a country and if you accept china being a {yer}, then {yergho} works perfectly. In my opinion.
> 
> 
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