[tlhIngan Hol] Klingon Word of the Day: 'amerI'qa' 'ev chan 'ev
Steven Boozer
sboozer at uchicago.edu
Fri Aug 25 08:49:40 PDT 2017
Klingon word: 'amerI'qa' 'ev chan 'ev
Part of speech: noun
Definition: North America
Source: qepHom 2016
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'amerI'qa' America (TNK)
'amerI'qa' 'ev chan 'ev North America (qepHom 2016)
- qana'Da' Canada (TNK)
- 'amerI'qa' SepjIjQa' United States of America (TNK)
'amerI'qa' tIng chan tIng South America (qepHom 2016)
- 'arHentinya' Argentina (qepHom 2016)
Do we have any geographic names for the rest of America?
And while we're on the topic of country names, *{Qa'} seems to be a bound morpheme - meaning we haven't seen it used by itself - for a type of political union:
qarDaSQa' Cardassian Union (MKE)
tuqjIjQa' United Kingdom (TNK)
yuQjIjQa' United Federation of Planets (TKD)
'amerI'qa' SepjIjQa' United States of America (TNK)
SEE ALSO:
DIvI' federation, organization, association, league
boq alliance, block, coalition [i.e. temporary?]
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Voragh
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