[tlhIngan Hol] how to say "toy"?

Felix Malmenbeck felixm at kth.se
Fri Mar 3 17:40:42 PST 2017


> Interesting; so literally a fake [sabre] bear. So do you think one could

> say "puH Duj ngeb" for a toy car, and similarly with other toys designed

> to resemble real objects?


Possibly. You might also consider something like {velqa'} or {velqa'Hom}. Personally, I might call a toy car a {reHmeH puH Duj velqa'Hom}, but drop the {reHmeH} if it's clear that one's talking about playing.


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On Fri, Mar 3, 2017 at 12:46 PM, Michael Roney, Jr. <nahqun at gmail.com<mailto:nahqun at gmail.com>> wrote:
{mIl'oD ngeb} is given for "teddy bear" in Talk Now.

Interesting; so literally a fake [sabre] bear. So do you think one could say "puH Duj ngeb" for a toy car, and similarly with other toys designed to resemble real objects?


I'd shy away from {tu'HomI'raH} unless it really has no use.
Play, in general, is how children learn. Toys assist with this.
Some toys are educational by design.

Yeah, I wouldn't say toys are essentially useless, but I think that would work in some contexts.

Thank you!
-QISta'


On Fri, Mar 3, 2017 at 1:24 PM, SuStel <sustel at trimboli.name<mailto:sustel at trimboli.name>> wrote:
On 3/3/2017 1:20 PM, Christa Hansberry wrote:
Is there any way to say "toy"? boQwI' didn't bring up anything. Do Klingon children not play with toys?


There's no known word that means exactly this, but you could come up with some synonyms.

reHmeH jan
device for playing

tu'HomI'raH
something useless

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