[tlhIngan-Hol] Hergh ngevwI'

Steven Boozer sboozer at uchicago.edu
Wed Jun 8 06:42:44 PDT 2016


mayqel qunenoS <mihkoun at gmail.com> wrote:
>> {Hergh ngevwI'} refers to the person who sells, or to the store which
>> sells ? Or both ?

De'vID:
> It refers to the person. In the TalkNow! Klingon softwhere {ngevwI'} and
> {Hergh ngevwI'} are used, the pronoun {ghaH} is used.
> 
> But see: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metonymy (or maybe
> https://el.wikipedia.org/wiki/Μετωνυμία is more appropriate)

  nuqDaq ghaH Hergh ngevwI''e' 
  Where is the chemist? (TNK)

Another example from TalkNow! is:

  nuqDaq ghaH ngevwI''e' 
  Where is the shop? (TNK)
 
On the other hand a {Hergh QaywI'} "pneumatic hypo" (also called a hypospray and hyposyringe in Trek) is a medical device, lit. "thing which transfers medicine".  


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