[tlhIngan Hol] Klingon Word of the Day: raHta'

[mayqel qunenoS]

HolQeD 13.1 (p.9-10) :
> ro'qegh'Iwchab 'ey law' qagh 'ey law'
> the rokeg blood pie is as delicious as the gagh
> tlhIngan HoS law' 'Iw HoS law'
> the Klingon is as strong as blood

I can understand these examples since they employ on both "slots" the {law'}


HolQeD 13.1 (p.9-10):
> tlhIngan woch law' tera'ngan woch nIb
> the Klingon is as tall as the Terran
> SuvwI' ghung law' qagh ghung rap
> the warrior is as hungry as gagh

I can't understand why on these examples, at the second "slot" we
don't have the {law'}, but we have {nIb}, and {rap} respectively. Is
this just another alternate way of expressing the desired meaning, or
is there an actual reason because of which we don't have the {law'} on
the second "slot" ?

qunnoH jan puqloD


On Tue, Nov 8, 2016 at 5:52 PM, Steven Boozer <sboozer at uchicago.edu> wrote:
> It’s also a nice alternative to those variant comparison formulae we saw in
> HolQeD 13.1 (p.9-10) :
>
>   ro'qegh'Iwchab 'ey law' qagh 'ey law'
>
>   the rokeg blood pie is as delicious as the gagh
>
>   tlhIngan HoS law' 'Iw HoS law'
>
>   the Klingon is as strong as blood
>
>
>
>   tlhIngan woch law' tera'ngan woch nIb
>
>   the Klingon is as tall as the Terran
>
>
>
>   SuvwI' ghung law' qagh ghung rap
>
>   the warrior is as hungry as gagh
>
> --
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> From: tlhIngan-Hol [mailto:tlhingan-hol-bounces at lists.kli.org]
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> On Behalf Of SuStel
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> On 11/8/2016 10:31 AM, Steven Boozer wrote:
>
>   'ugh ro'qegh'Iwchab, nIb raHta'
>
>   the *racht* is as heavy as the *rokeg* blood pie (HQ 13.1:8)
>
> This is a nice example of quality comparison:
>
> Q N1, nIb N2
> N1 is as Q as N2.
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