[tlhIngan Hol] Are arabic numerals canon ?

[Steven Boozer]

I wonder if there is more than one inhabited planet in the Cardassian system.  “Prime” could then refer to the most important planet, the one which was inhabited first (otherwise known as the homeworld), before they moved out into space colonizing other habitable planets in their own star system.

Or… maybe this isn’t Federation or Klingon usage, but a (clumsy) attempt to render an alien nomenclature.

BTW in Star Trek: Enterprise we learned of Tellar Prime.  Now Okrand came up with tellarngan Tellarite for DSC --  revealed at the last qep’a’ -- so I wouldn’t be surprised to hear of *tellar wa’ in an upcoming Discovery episode.

--Voragh

From: tlhIngan-Hol [mailto:tlhingan-hol-bounces at lists.kli.org] On Behalf Of André Müller

I know the etymology of the word, that is why I added "in Star Trek".
"Prime" doesn't necessarily refer to the first item, it could refer to the biggest or most important one. The main planet, so to speak.
According to Memory Alpha, Cardassia Prime is the second planet in the system. So I would not translate Prime with {wa'} here. If we don't know the number of a Prime planet, perhaps {yuQ'a'} could be a solution?
- André

2017-09-27 21:26 GMT+02:00 Anthony Appleyard <a.appleyard at btinternet.com<mailto:a.appleyard at btinternet.com>>:
From Latin adjective "primus" = "first".
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... Does anyone know what "Prime" means, in Star Trek?


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