<html><head></head><body><div class="ydpfefff934yahoo-style-wrap" style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><div></div>>From: "Lieven L. Litaer" <<a href="mailto:levinius@gmx.de" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">levinius@gmx.de</a>><br><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"><div><div dir="ltr">>To: <a href="mailto:tlhingan-hol@kli.org" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">tlhingan-hol@kli.org</a><br></div><div dir="ltr">>Subject: Re: [tlhIngan Hol] Klingon word for oil<br></div><div><br></div><div>><br></div><div dir="ltr">>Am 08.08.2021 um 15:38 schrieb mayqel qunen'oS:<br></div><div dir="ltr">>> James Landau:<br></div><div dir="ltr">>> >?How would you say "oil", in the sense of<br></div><div dir="ltr">>> > petroleum, in Klingon?<br></div><div dir="ltr">><br></div><div dir="ltr">>I'm not sure how exact you need this word, but we do have {watrIn}<br></div><div dir="ltr">>"lubricant" and {nIn} "fuel", which both touch the meaning of oil.<br></div><div dir="ltr">><br></div><div dir="ltr">>Before we had {watrIn}, Okrand suggested to use {QuQ HuH} in my<br></div><div>>translation of the Little Prince.</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"><div>Well, I finally came up with something . . .<br><br>nagh nIn<br><br>rock fuel<br><br>It's a calque of the Latin "petroleum".<br><div><br></div><div><br></div>'avghanIStanDaq nagh nIn noH ghob George way Bush<br><br></div><div><br></div></div></div></div></div></body></html>