[tlhIngan Hol] Expressing "painted with his blood"

[nIqolay Q]

On Wed, Apr 24, 2019 at 12:47 PM Jeffrey Clark <jmclark85 at gmail.com> wrote:

> There is also the question of the appropriate word for creating a map. Is
> a map “drawn”? Or is it “written”?
>
> We see a similar issue concerning pictographic writing systems as to the
> correct verb. I’m reminded of the Byzantine Orthodox practice that holds
> that their iconography is a writing, an not drawing, and that icons are not
> drawings nor art. One “writes” and icon.
>
> Similarly, since a map is made to convey specific spatial-locative
> information, rather than being some type of artistic depiction, one could
> argue that the map is ghItlh.
>
> —jevreH (who has spent too much time in the Semiotics section of the
> library)
>

{ghItlh} doesn't just mean "write words", it has a broader meaning like "to
make a mark on". You can probably use either verb for making a map.
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