On 6 February 2018 at 14:10, Lieven L. Litaer <levinius@gmx.de> wrote:
Maltz has revealed some words which I don't want to keep secret from you any longer. I'm sending them in individual messages to keep the subject line separated.
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Perhaps the verb {patlh} "be ranked, have a status, be graded" will work. The form {patlhmoH} would mean "rank, assign status, sort" and also "compare." When used with the "compare" meaning, of course, the object of the verb is always plural. The implication that if two (or more) things are ranked or sorted, they're ranked in comparison to one another.
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I have also received some information from Maltz about sorting, related to features in development for {boQwI'}. --- begin quote --- “Be sorted” is {patlh}, which also means “have a rank of.” So “sort” is {patlhmoH}, also meaning “rank.” The object of {patlhmoH} is not a list (as a whole) but the things in the list, the things to be ranked or sorted. {Sal} and {ghIr} cannot be used for sort order. To sort a list of English words alphabetically (or reverse alphabetically), use constructions like {wa’DIch a, HochDIch z} or {wa’DIch z, HochDIch a}. For a list of Klingon words, it would be {wa’DIch bay, HochDIch qaghwI’}, {wa’DIch qaghwI’, HochDIch bay}. You’d use similar constructions to sort by date or whatever. I’m assuming that, for your purposes, you wouldn’t sort by anything other than something that can be put in a specific order – that is, not sorting by color, for example (maybe not such a good example, but I think you know what I mean). --- end quote --- And to the question of whether *{yoymoH} could be used for reversing a list, he replied: --- begin quote --- No. Use {DopmoH} "cause to be opposite." --- end quote --- -- De'vID