[tlhIngan Hol] Klingon Word of the Day: Hotlh

[De'vID]

On Tue, 2 Feb 2021 at 16:07, Steven Boozer <sboozer at uchicago.edu> wrote:

> Klingon Word of the Day for Tuesday, February 02, 2021
>
> Klingon word:   Hotlh
> Part of speech:         verb
> Definition:     scan
> Source:         TKD
> _______________________________________________
>
> nuHotlhpu''a'
> Have they scanned us? (TKD)
>
> yIHotlh
> Scan it!  (KGT)
>
> ngIq mIch wIHotlh
> we scan each individual sector one after the other
> we scan the sectors one by one    (qepHom 2017)
>
> SEE:
> Hotlh           project,  put on (screen) (v)
>   - yIHotlh  "Put him on the screen!" (TKD)
>

Has the two meanings of {Hotlh} ever been explained? Are they shades of the
same word? Homophones which might be confusing? If I give the order
{yIHotlh!}, am I expecting the target to both be scanned and displayed on
screen?

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