[Tlhingan-hol] ulesses Ha'DIbaH

[mayql qunenoS]

ghItlhpu' Voragh :
wrote Voragh :

> For "matter, topic, concern, affair, etc." we have the nouns {wanI'} "phenomenon, event, occurrence",
> {ghu'} "situation", {Dotlh} "status"

thank you very much Ca'Non Master !

qunnoq HoD


On Mon, Dec 28, 2015 at 6:57 PM, Steven Boozer <sboozer at uchicago.edu> wrote:
> DloraH:
>> >>> QISmaS 'oHlaw','ach muSeng Hapvam..
>> >>> it may be Christmas,however this matter troubles me..
>> >>
>> >> qech'e' Daqelbogh 'oSbe' [Hap] mu'.
>> >> 'o'rISmey yugh Hap.
>> >> ghu' 'oSbe' Hap.
>> >> [Sor Hap] yIqel.
>> >> chaq mu'tlheghvamvaD [...ghu'vam], [...lutvam] ghap bIjatlh.
>
> qunnoQ:
>> ok, I tried harder, and now I understand what you said ; you said that
>> {Hap} describes matter, as in "chemistry" matter.
>> And you gave the example of {Sor Hap}..
>>
>> hmm.. I hadn't thought of that ! thank you for bringing this to my
>> attention ! I will not make the same mistake again.
>
> {Hap} "matter (substance)" TKD, "element" KBoP (n):
>
>   choH lISbogh Hap'e': cha'pujqut
>   Reaction Moderating Element - Crystalline Dilithium. KBoP
>
>   Sor Hap
>   wood KGT
>
> KGT 74-75:  The general term for a percussion instrument of any kind is {'In} [...] The {'In} itself may be made entirely of metal (in which case it might be described as a bell, though in Klingon it is simply termed {baS 'In}, or "metal {'In}") or entirely of wood ({Sor Hap 'In}, "wood {'In}). One kind of {Sor Hap 'In} is a tube, open on both ends, with a longitudinal slit extending not quite to either end.
>
> See also the related word {rugh} "antimatter (substance)":
>
>   nIn: rugh bIQSIp
>   Fuel - Anti Hydrogen. KBoP
>
> For "matter, topic, concern, affair, etc." we have the nouns {wanI'} "phenomenon, event, occurrence", {ghu'} "situation", {Dotlh} "status" as well as an idiom:
>
> (HQ 12.3:9)  All this talk of pseudohonor and nonhonor logically led to a discussion of honor itself, normally expressed by the nouns {quv} and {batlh}, both usually defined as simply "honor". When asked to distinguish between the two, Maltz said, "{tlhIngan Soj 'oH--not bIyaj}," literally, "It is Klingon food-you will not understand," using {Soj} "food" in its idiomatic sense of "matter, concern, affair".
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> Voragh
> Ca'Non Master of the Klingons
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