Re:  New Vulcan Words
Whittaker, Pat 
Thu, 28 May 98 09:25:00 M


>>At 07:31 AM 5/28/98 M, Whittaker, Pat wrote:

>

>I thought the Vulcan word for city was kahr as in ShiKahr, ShannaiKahr etc. 

> On your word list is e-tsis.  What does kahr mean then?


Well, I can see a number of ways of resolving this. I had forgotten
that there were a couple of cities with the kahr ending, so I never
screened out 'city' as already having a meaning. So we could change
the vulcan translation of 'city' to <<kahr>.

Alternatively, we could leave <<e-tsis> as a word for 'city', and let kahr
have a more archaic meaning, like "gathering or meeting place", or "place
to find a well". Given the history of Vulcan as presented in _Spock's
World_, those would seem likely meanings.



Rob Z.<<

Hey, works for me.  Thanks!
Selek