[Tlhingan-hol] Juggling

[Fiat Knox]

You could consider {raQ}.



On Saturday, 1 November 2014, 21:31, lojmIt tI'wI' nuv 'utlh <lojmitti7wi7nuv at gmail.com> wrote:
 

>
>
>I wanted to write brief directions describing how to juggle when I realize, we don’t have a word for “catch”. We have {jon} for “capture”, but that’s not like catching a ball. We also have no word for “throw”, like tossing a ball at a target. We have (jaD}, but that definition goes out of its way to suggest there is no target. It’s like tossing around an enemy’s head after a battle.
>
>If you just wanted a to give a vague description, you could say that juggling balls is {moQmey jaD}, but that’s what it looks like to someone who never actually juggles.
>
>I could use {baH}, but that’s like using {Duj} for a canoe. We all know that {Duj} refers to a SPACE ship, and we stretch the word out of personal need to describe water ships and other vehicles.
>
>I could use {chuH}, but I’m not juggling spears, and I’m not throwing anything a great distance.
>
>I hold two balls in my right hand (ball one and ball three), and I hold ball two in my left hand. I toss ball one in order that my left hand catches it. 
>
>I toss ball two in order that my right hand catches it, and in order to empty my left hand, ready to catch ball one. I catch ball one.
>
>I toss ball three in order that my left hand catches it, and in order to empty my right hand, ready to catch ball two. I catch ball two.
>
>I toss ball one in order that my right hand catches it, and in order to empty my left hand, ready to catch ball three. I catch ball three.
>
>The goal of each toss is to make the catch easy. Tossing well is important. {potlh tosschu’ghach}. 
>
>Apparently, Klingons don’t juggle, or at least Maltz doesn’t.
>
>lojmIt tI’wI’ nuv ‘utlh
>Door Repair Guy, Retired Honorably
>
>
>
>
>_______________________________________________
>Tlhingan-hol mailing list
>Tlhingan-hol at kli.org
>http://mail.kli.org/mailman/listinfo/tlhingan-hol
>
>
>
-------------- next part --------------
An HTML attachment was scrubbed...
URL: <http://mail.kli.org/pipermail/tlhingan-hol/attachments/20141101/51812c4f/attachment.html>