[tlhIngan Hol] Sylvester the cat in klingon

mayqel qunen'oS mihkoun at gmail.com
Tue Mar 19 07:28:00 PDT 2019


In english we say "sylvester the cat".

Is it possible to say this in a similar short phrase in klingon ? I
mean, without writing something as "the name of the cat is sylvester".

Initially, I thought of writing the obvious {silvester vIghro'}; after
all we do have {baS 'In} for "metal drum". So, I thought, why not say
"(the) sylvester cat" ?

On the other hand though, {baS 'In} can be translated as "drum of
metal". So, perhaps this would mean that {silvester vIghro'}
could/would mean "(the cat of sylvester)", which is quite different
from the intended "sylvester the cat" i.e. "the cat whose name is
sylvester".

Does anyone have any thoughts on this matter ?

~ changan qIj



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