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

[De'vID]

On Mon, 18 Mar 2019 at 23:13, De'vID <de.vid.jonpin at gmail.com> wrote:

> It seems to me that {-Ha'} acts differently depending on whether the verb
> is a verb of quality (a "to be" verb) or an action, and whether it is
> reversible or not (or to put it another way, whether the opposite state or
> action is considered to be related to the original verb by a reversal).
>
> Here are examples of the four possible verb types:
> {ghungHa'} "be unhungry" (be satiated, as being hungry is a state which
> can be undone or reversed)
> {jaQHa'} "be shallow" (while the act of making something deep is
> reversible, being deep itself is not, so this is just the opposite state)
> {jotlhHa'} "put back up" ({jotlh} is considered to have a reverse or
> opposite action)
> {jatlhHa'} "misspeak" ({jatlh} is not reversible or has no opposite, so
> this has to be interpreted as "speak wrongly")
>
> I think that {jotlhHa'} *cannot* be interpreted as "take down wrongly" and
> {jatlhHa'} *cannot* be understood as "un-speak". Of course, for some verbs,
> it may not be possible to tell based on the definition whether Klingons
> consider them to be reversible or not, like {'ey}.
>
> Now someone will post canon counterexamples which prove my observation
> wrong.
>

Really? No objections or counterexamples? Are most people on away missions?

-- 
De'vID
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