[tlhIngan Hol] When you're stuck at a word

mayqel qunenoS mihkoun at gmail.com
Tue Jun 28 06:25:47 PDT 2016


De'vID :
> But they denote a physical location within the metaphor.

Thanks for telling me !

On Tue, Jun 28, 2016 at 2:08 PM, De'vID <de.vid.jonpin at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>
> On Tue, 28 Jun 2016, 10:10 mayqel qunenoS, <mihkoun at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> ghunchu'wI':
>> > Is the {-vaD} supposed
>> > to be marking the target of the spike (I'd expect {-Daq}
>>
>> I thought of using {-Daq}, but I didn't, since I remembered that
>> {-Daq} is to be used only for physical locations. On the other hand
>> "the ribs" are a physical location but since they are used
>> metaphorically, I decided eventually to go with {-vaD}.
>
>
> But they denote a physical location within the metaphor.
>
> {bIQ'a'Daq 'oHtaH 'etlh'e'} - the metaphorical sword is in the metaphorical
> ocean
>
> {may'Daq jaHDI' SuvwI' juppu'Daj lonbe'} - when a warrior goes to either a
> physical or a metaphorical battle, he doesn't abandon his/her friends
>
> The fact that you're speaking metaphorically about a thorn in ribs doesn't
> change the fact that you're speaking about a thorn located in ribs.
>
> --
> De'vID
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