[tlhIngan Hol] expressing "to whip"
SuStel
sustel at trimboli.name
Mon Aug 26 08:37:51 PDT 2019
On 8/26/2019 11:22 AM, mayqel qunen'oS wrote:
> loghaD:
> > I'd expect that using -Daq would get the
> > point across
>
> Believe it or not, I thought about this too. I thought about writing:
>
> {tlhInganDaq Henjun Qach romuluSngan}
>
> But I don't know whether we could use such a construction, without
> maltz having told us, that it's ok to..
Basically, you have to make sure the listener/reader understands that
the Romulan is wielding his or her whip /at/ the Klingon and not /next
to/ him or her. It'll probably be obvious from the context.
--
SuStel
http://trimboli.name
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