Book 18. (1 results) Blood Brothers of Gor (Individual Quote)
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| 1 | 132 | One cannot expect identical regularities in View more quotes about meaning">meaning and usage to obtain in diverse linguistic communities. |
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Book 18. (7 results) Blood Brothers of Gor (Context Quote)
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| 1 | 129 | "It is Hci," said Cuwignaka. |
| 1 | 130 | There is no exact translation of the expression 'Hci' from Kaiila, into either Gorean or English. |
| 1 | 131 | This is not all that unusual, incidentally. |
| 1 | 132 | One cannot expect identical regularities in meaning and usage to obtain in diverse linguistic communities. |
| 1 | 133 | The expression, for most practical purposes, signifies a certain type of gap, such as, for example, might occur in the edge of a trade ax, or hatchet, for use in drawing nails, an occupation for which the red savages, of course, have little use. |
| 1 | 134 | It is also used more broadly for a gash, such as an ax might cut in a tree, or for a cut or scar. |
| 1 | 135 | It seems to be clearly in the latter range of meanings that the name belonged. |
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"It is Hci," said Cuwignaka.
There is no exact translation of the expression 'Hci' from Kaiila, into either Gorean or English.
This is not all that unusual, incidentally.
One cannot expect identical regularities in meaning and usage to obtain in diverse linguistic communities.
The expression, for most practical purposes, signifies a certain type of gap, such as, for example, might occur in the edge of a trade ax, or hatchet, for use in drawing nails, an occupation for which the red savages, of course, have little use.
It is also used more broadly for a gash, such as an ax might cut in a tree, or for a cut or scar.
It seems to be clearly in the latter range of meanings that the name belonged.
- (Blood Brothers of Gor)