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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 3/24/2017 6:13 PM, Felix Malmenbeck
wrote:<br>
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<pre wrap="">Another thing that might be useful for discussing pumping is expressions for describing repeated actions. Examples of useful distinctions might include:
repeatedly
do and then undo</pre>
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<p>This is the sort of thing Klingon doesn't do generically, but it
does well specifically. For instance, <b>bagh; ghIq baghHa'</b><i>
tie; then untie.</i><br>
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<pre wrap="">(ir)regularly</pre>
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<p>I would expect <b>roD</b> <i>regularly </i>and *<b>roDHa'</b>
<i>irregularly </i>for this, though the latter is unattested.<br>
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<pre wrap="">periodically</pre>
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<p>Either <b>roD</b> or <b>rut</b> will work for this, depending
on which meaning of <i>periodically</i> you mean.<br>
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<pre wrap="">cyclically
ad infinitum
with (increasing/decreasing/oscillating/unchanged) amplitude
with (increasing/decreasing/oscillating/unchanged) frequency
For example, if we pretend that we have adverbs with these "definitions":
{[irregularly] joqtaH tIqwIj.}
("My heart is beating irregularly.")</pre>
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<p>Right now we can say <b>roD joqtaHbe' tIqwIj,</b> though it
would be nice if we knew we could say <b>*roDHa' joqtaH tIqwIj.</b><br>
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<pre wrap="">{[with increasing frequency] rontaH peng.}
("The torpedo is spinning (about its axis) faster and faster.")</pre>
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<p>We can currently say things like <b>DIngtaH peng 'ej ghurtaH Do</b><i>
the torpedo is spinning and the velocity is increasing. </i>I
wonder if <b>tajvaj Do</b> works for <i>angular velocity...</i><br>
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<pre wrap="">{[with increasing frequecny] [with decreasing amplitude] bavchuqtaH luSpetmey.}
("The black holes were orbiting each other closer and closer and faster and faster.")</pre>
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<p>Again, we can approximate this (and I'm not saying that makes the
suggestions invalid) with <b>bavchuqtaH luSpetmey; choltaH 'ej
ghurtaH Dochaj</b><i> the black holes are orbiting each other;
they are getting closer and their speeds are increasing.</i></p>
<p>I would point out that we do have a canonical example of the
expression of something with increasing frequency, though not of
the kind you mean: <b>beyHom bey bey'a' jachtaH </b><i>roar in a
great crescendo </i>(SkyBox S31). Who knows? If this sort of
thing can be generalized, perhaps we can say <b>*DoHom Do Do'a'</b>
for <i>faster and faster.</i><br>
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<pre wrap="">{[repeatedly] [do and undo] chovnatlh bIrmoH QulwI'.}
("The researcher cooled and heated the sample.")</pre>
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<p><i>Cooled and heated</i> is certainly <b>bIrmoHta' 'ej tujmoHta'</b>
<i>made cold and made hot;</i> no special word is needed.<br>
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<pre wrap="">{[ad infinitum] [cyclically] [do and undo] Sach 'u' 'e' luHar 'op tejpu'.}
("Some scientists believe that the universe expands and contracts in an eternal cycle.")
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<p><b>reH</b> <i>always </i>seems to work for <i>eternal</i><i></i>,
and <b>Sach 'ej SachHa'</b> means <i>expand and contract.</i>
It's just the <i>cycle</i> part that's tricky.<br>
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