[tlhIngan Hol] Klingon Word of the Day: 'Imyagh

[Felix Malmenbeck]

> (qurgh, 7/29/2017):  The cat said, "meow".  Marc said yes.  The cat meowed as I walked by. Marc said no. 

This raises the question of how one should translate "The cat said".
 
Would you say

ghugh vIghro', 'Imyagh.
or
jatlh vIghro', 'Imyagh.
or perhaps
ghugh vIghro', jatlh, 'Imyagh.
?

//loghaD
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Subject: Re: [tlhIngan Hol] Klingon Word of the Day: 'Imyagh

Klingon word: 'Imyagh
Part of speech: excl
Definition: sound made by a vIghro' or ghISnar
Source: qep'a' 24 [2017]
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(qep'a' 2017):  This is an imitative word and there are variations.  And not everyone uses it in the first place.

(qurgh, 7/29/2017):  The cat said, "meow".  Marc said yes.  The cat meowed as I walked by. Marc said no.
[Okrand] said these are words that described the sounds that the animals make.  They are pretty much onomatopoeias of the animals' noises.

CULTURAL NOTES:
When Klingon women are ready to mate they slink around like a "Hellenian lynx" while making low growling sounds like a {chemvaH} in heat. (PK)

Is a {chemvaH} a type of feline like a lynx -- Hellenian or otherwise?

SEE ALSO:
ghugh           vocalize [by animals] (v)
Huy             hum, purr (v)

--
Voragh
Ca'Non Master of the Klingons


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