[tlhIngan Hol] Five Little Bunnies by Dan Yaccarino (Children's Book)

[mayqel qunenoS]

> may'meyDajvo' Haw'be' tlhIngan.
> A Klingon does not run away from his battles. TKW

If I don't say this I will explode..

Although a "battle" takes place at a physical location, the "battle
event" isn't the location itself. This example contradicts the rule
"{-Daq} and {-vo'} are to be used only for physical locations".

Is there even a single descent argument, why I shouldn't use this
example, as all the justification I would ever need, in order to use
{-Daq} and {-vo'} for anything abstract, metaphorical, and immaterial
I could possibly ever imagine ?


On Fri, Jul 8, 2016 at 5:50 PM, Steven Boozer <sboozer at uchicago.edu> wrote:
> John R. Harness (first draft):
>>> 10. Then the five little bunnies hippity hopped away!
>>>     vaj qetqa' vagh Qa'Hom. mI'qa'! Supqa'!
>
> ghunchu'wI':
>> This meaning of "then" is better carried by the word {ghIq}.
>> The "away" idea isn't reflected in the Klingon.
>
> John R. Harness (revised draft):
>>> 10. Then the five little bunnies hippity hopped away!
>>>     ghIq qetqa' vagh Qa'Hom. mI'qa'! Supqa'! HopchoH!
>>>
>>> Far Away:
>>> I added {HopchoH} at the very end. I kind of like it.
>>> How otherwise could I get across the idea of them exiting
>>> the scene?
>
> Ways Okrand has gotten away with the "away idea":
>
> 1. using {-vo'}:
>
>   naDevvo' yIghoS
>   Go away!  TKD
>
>   may'meyDajvo' Haw'be' tlhIngan.
>   A Klingon does not run away from his battles. TKW
>
>   yuQvo' jIleng
>   I roam away from the planet (HQ Dec 1998)
>
>   qeylIS ‘uchHa’ ‘ej ghaHvo’ yIt
>   He releases Kahless and walks away. (PB)
>
>   molor qIpmeH ... 'ej ghaHvo' yIt.
>   Kahless slaps Molor ... and walks away. (PB)
>
> 2. using verbs with "away" in their meaning:
>
> woD             throw away (v)
>
>   Soj woD
>   He/she throws the food away. KGT
>
> bI'             sweep [away] (v)
>
>   pe'vIl bI'chu'
>   forcefully sweep away (idiom) KGT
>
> (KGT 112):  "The verb {bI'} (sweep) refers to the action of pushing something out of the way by using an implement or the forearm as if it were a broom. If whatever is pushed is cleared away completely, one is said to {bI'chu'} (sweep [something] away; literally, "sweep perfectly").
>
> nge'    take away (v)
>
>   Ha'quj nge'
>   take away a sash (idiom: wound one's pride) KGT
>
>
> Qol             beam away (v)
>
>   Qollu'ta'
>   They were beamed aboard a Federation Starship. ST6
>   (lit. "They were beamed away.")
>
> Hop             be remote [from], be far [from] (v)
>
>   Daq HopHa’Daq
>     qa’chaj nejlI’
>     qotar Qempa’QeH je
>   Not far away,
>     Kotar and his Qempa'keh,
>     Are in search for their souls. (PB)
>
> 3. other (I'm not sure how to describe this):
>
>   qotarvaD lay'ta' 'ej batlh pab qeylIS
>     jatlh 'e' mevDI' nuvpu' mejmoH ghaH
>     ratlh be'nalDaj luqara' neH
>   Kahless kept his word of honor to Kotar,
>     After his last words, all were sent away,
>     But his wife Lukara.  (PB)
>
>
>
> --
> Voragh
> tlhIngan ghantoH pIn'a'
> Ca'Non Master of the Klingons
>
>
>
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