I've been re-visiting a few things recently, and one is a certain phrase or saying concerning eels. We got a new word not too long ago, IIRC from the Air and Space Museum app: 'al v float (in/on air) That would seem to be a perfect substitute for the word "hover", I would think. So would the experts here agree if either an: {'albogh Duj} or an {'almeH Duj} would work for a hovercraft? Thanks, mupwI'
{'albogh Duj} {'almeH Duj} ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~{ 'albogh may mean:- - V:float(in/on_air) VS9:which_rel Duj may mean:- - N:[instincts|ship] 'almeH may mean:- - V:float(in/on_air) VS9:for_purpose Duj may mean:- - N:[instincts|ship] These could also mean a balloon airship.
On Jul 8, 2017, at 5:32 PM, Jeremy Silver <jp.silver@tiscali.co.uk> wrote:
... We got a new word not too long ago, IIRC from the Air and Space Museum app: 'al v float (in/on air)
That would seem to be a perfect substitute for the word "hover", I would think.
loQ jIQoch. I get the impression that {'al} is not right for powered flight like a helicopter or hummingbird. I would use it for a hot-air or helium balloon, a blimp, or a dirigible. On the other hand, a hovercraft doesn't actually hover. It floats *on* a partially-contained volume of pressurized air, but not *in* air as I understand {'al} to mean. -- ghunchu'wI'
On 9 July 2017 at 19:41, ghunchu'wI' 'utlh <qunchuy@alcaco.net> wrote:
On Jul 8, 2017, at 5:32 PM, Jeremy Silver <jp.silver@tiscali.co.uk> wrote:
... We got a new word not too long ago, IIRC from the Air and Space Museum app: 'al v float (in/on air)
That would seem to be a perfect substitute for the word "hover", I would think.
loQ jIQoch.
I get the impression that {'al} is not right for powered flight like a helicopter or hummingbird. I would use it for a hot-air or helium balloon, a blimp, or a dirigible.
On the other hand, a hovercraft doesn't actually hover. It floats *on* a partially-contained volume of pressurized air, but not *in* air as I understand {'al} to mean.
But the definition says "float (in/on air)". Does the "on" part not cover the hover case? Incidentally, I am reminded of a certain saying by the boxer (Muhammad) Ali... -- De'vID
Am 08.07.2017 um 23:32 schrieb Jeremy Silver:
I've been re-visiting a few things recently, and one is a certain phrase or saying concerning eels.
We got a new word not too long ago, IIRC from the Air and Space Museum app: 'al v float (in/on air)
That would seem to be a perfect substitute for the word "hover", I would think.
So would the experts here agree if either an: {'albogh Duj} or an {'almeH Duj} would work for a hovercraft?
Apart from what {'al} really means (See Alan's mail) I wouldprefer the bogh version, because the device is not made "to float", but it float itself. So: {'albogh Duj} "floating ship" or "ship which floats". -- Lieven L. Litaer aka Quvar valer 'utlh Grammarian of the KLI http://www.facebook.com/Klingonteacher http://www.klingonwiki.net
Thanks for all of your input I'll go with the {-bogh} version. Though maybe it needs extending a bit to differentiate from a balloon/airship type craft, to something like: {'albogh paH bID Duj} Would that work? Thanks, mupwI'
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